How can you set a value in one cell from another cell in Excel?

[Guest]

I am trying to transfer information from a column of figures, generated
automatically on a daily basis, to a day to day record on the same worksheet.
I am aware that I can use the copy/paste function to build up the day to day
record but I wanted to know if there was a way of building it automatically.

 

[Guest]

Gaitej,
Could you be more specific about what you are trying to do. Thanks.
Alok Joshi

 

[CLR]

Not sure what you're trying to copy/paste FROM where TO where, but if you do
Tools > Macro > RecordNewMacro and then do the procedure manually one time,
you will then have a recorded Macro and next time just run it to do the
job.........

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

I am trying to transfer information from a column of figures, generated
automatically on a daily basis, to a day to day record on the same worksheet.
I am aware that I can use the copy/paste function to build up the day to day
record but I wanted to know if there was a way of building it

automatically.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply.

I have two worksheets, one - called Valuations - that has fixed cell
references storing stock prices updated daily by MSN Money, the other -
called Historical Prices - that stores the values historically arranged from
todays date on the left and the earliest record on the right (may have to
change that to transpose downwards as I am fast approaching the 256 column
limit).

Everyday, it is necessary to go into the Historical Prices worksheet and
create two new columns to the left, switch to the Valuations worksheet, copy
today's values and then paste them on the Historical Prices sheet.

This is OK if I am around - however, I will be increasingly away, sometimes
in buildings that have no phone connections - and the other members of my
family who are willing to take on this task don't fully understand what is
required and work through a two page help document to perform the operation,
usually necessitating a phone call if they click in the wrong cell, highlight
the wrong ranges, etc. Hence the need for automation!

I have created a macro to create the additional cells, copying the formulae
from the previous column, but cannot work out a satisfactory function that
will update only if the date at the top of the column is todays date.

For example, if I used the IF function, the formula would read
=IF(A32=TODAY(),'Valuations'!B5,....) the last bit being the problem.
Because, if A32 doesn't equal today's date, you cannot get Excel to just keep
the value that it has recorded for the cell.

Have you any suggestions? If any of the above is unclear, I will be happy
to explain further.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply.

I have two worksheets, one - called Valuations - that has fixed cell
references storing stock prices updated daily by MSN Money, the other -
called Historical Prices - that stores the values historically arranged from
todays date on the left and the earliest record on the right (may have to
change that to transpose downwards as I am fast approaching the 256 column
limit).

Everyday, it is necessary to go into the Historical Prices worksheet and
create two new columns to the left, switch to the Valuations worksheet, copy
today's values and then paste them on the Historical Prices sheet.

This is OK if I am around - however, I will be increasingly away, sometimes
in buildings that have no phone connections - and the other members of my
family who are willing to take on this task don't fully understand what is
required and work through a two page help document to perform the operation,
usually necessitating a phone call if they click in the wrong cell, highlight
the wrong ranges, etc. Hence the need for automation!

I have created a macro to create the additional cells, copying the formulae
from the previous column, but cannot work out a satisfactory function that
will update only if the date at the top of the column is todays date.

For example, if I used the IF function, the formula would read
=IF(A32=TODAY(),'Valuations'!B5,....) the last bit being the problem.
Because, if A32 doesn't equal today's date, you cannot get Excel to just keep
the value that it has recorded for the cell.

Have you any suggestions? If any of the above is unclear, I will be happy
to explain further.