Macro to Set the Last Cell in Selected Range as Active Cell

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q65332

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.x, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
Microsoft Excel for OS/2, versions 2.2, 3.0

SUMMARY

After a range of cells is selected on a Microsoft Excel worksheet, the active cell is the first cell in the range. The macro command to make the last cell in the range the active cell is as follows:

   =SELECT(,"r["&ROWS(SELECTION())-1&"]c["&COLUMNS(SELECTION())-1&"]")

If the range A1:D5 is the current selection, D5 will become the active cell after executing the above command.

Note: the information above also applies to version 5.0 only when using version 4.0 macro language.

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Additional reference words: 2.0 2.00 2.01 2.1 2.10 2.2 2.20 2.21 3.0
3.00 4.0 4.00 5.0 5.00

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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