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Cell value in header
PS: If there is another way to do this, like reference a named section somehow from within the header, that's what the ^[Doc] was meant to be. But everything online points to VBA.
I would the page header to display some values from the workbook as values in the header. I did google this and none of the results we're able to produce anything working. Not even any errors, the headers just stay blank.
So here is what I would like to be referenced:
And here is the VBA code I have been trying to make work. This is just the latest snippet I have worked with, Its been a few days of scouring the internet for something that will work. I am convinced it's my implementation that is incorrect.
Function Author()
Author = ThisWorkbook.BuiltinDocumentProperties("Author")
End Function
Function Doc()
Doc = Worksheets("WorkInstructions").Range("D2").Value = ThisWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties.Item("Doc").Value
End Function
Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim sTemp As String
With Worksheets("WorkInstructions")
sTemp = .Range("Z4").Text
PageSetup.LeftHeader = sTemp
End With
End Sub
Any input on this matter would be greatly appreciated, even if you don't think you have the answer. 🙂
18 Replies
- Charla74Iron ContributorThe VBA solution didn’t work?
Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.CenterHeader = Range("Z4").Value
End Sub- MrSassyBritchesCopper ContributorSo the code I found online, in my original post at the top, I could not get to work. The functions Author() and Doc() do work. I just tried what you posted and could not get it to work, do I need something like ^[Workbook_BeforePrint] in the header or something along those lines?
- Charla74Iron ContributorYou need to create the code for the workbook, not in a sheet.
Open VBA editor, double click ‘This Workbook’ in the Microsoft Excel Objects folder (in the ‘Project - VBAProject’ panel to the left). In the code window, you will see two drop down menus; in the first select Workbook and the second Before Print...then type the rest of the code as below.
- MOB69Copper Contributor
MrSassyBritchesPlease elaborate as to the determining factor for what data appears..?
- MrSassyBritchesCopper ContributorThe text. Whatever text is in the cell Z2 I want to be displayed in the top left of the header.
- MOB69Copper Contributor