insert Rows with Formulas in Place on Multiple Sheets?

[Guest]

Hey everyone:

I have a workbook with 8 sheets. Cells A1:A400 need to be identical on each
sheet. On sheets 2 through 8, I use =’Sheet 1’!AX (where X is the row number)
to pick up the info from the corresponding cell on Sheet 1 so I only need to
enter changes once.

I sometimes need to add rows. However, the cells in column A still need to
correspond across sheets. On Sheet 1, I select the place where a row needs to
insert and then select all sheets so that the row I insert goes in on all
sheets.

The problem is, the new row is blank, and on sheets 2 through 8 I have to do
an autofill from the row above to get the “pick-up†formula into the new
row. This is easy, I know, but is there a way to get the row inserted on
sheets 2-8 to have the =’Sheet 1’!AX formula already in place? There have
been many instances where users forget to do the autofill or do it
incorrectly (!), with the result that things get out of sync in the workbook.
Besides, we often have workbooks with many more sheets, so that even doing
autofill on each sheet can be slow.

Please please please help! Is there maybe a macro that will do this? (I can
always hook it up to a button on sheet 1 so users can just click it and go.)

M. Link

 

[Max]

One way which might suffice ..

Group Sheets 2 - 8,
then in Sheet2,
put in A1: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,ROW()-1,)
and copy A1 to say, A450*,
to cover the max expected extent in the "master" Sheet1
Ungroup Sheets 2 - 8

*an additional 50 rows buffer

A1:A450 in Sheets 2 to 8 will always point to A1:A450 in Sheet1
This will cater for new row insertions which may be made
within Sheet1's "original" rows 1 - 400

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the fast reply!

Actually, the rows in the master sheet that i want to 'carry over" are
A8:A400. (I forgot that I have a number of hidden rows at the top that don't
figure in what I need to do.)

I've tried modifying the formula you so nicely gave me like this:

=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,)

But it just returns a zero value. Am I missing something? I'm not familiar
with OFFSET, so I'm not sure how else to modify it, and the discussion of the
syntax in the help box is kind of confusing.

 

[Max]

=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,)

The amendment looks ok to me.

I presume the above is entered into cell A1 in Sheets 2 - 8, and copied down
to A450 as per suggested steps earlier, with sheets grouped? (The formulas
are sensitive to the cells they are in)

If the starting cell is *not* cell A1 in Sheets 2 - 8,
put instead this slight revision in the starting cell:
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROWS($A$1:A1)-1,)
and then copy down by 450 rows as before,
with sheets grouped

Ensure also that calc mode is set to auto.
Check via clicking:
Tools > Options > Calc tab > Auto > OK

 

[Guest]

Thanks again for the response. I must be pretty dense, though, because when
rows insert across all of the grouped sheets, they continue to have no
formulas in them, and hence don't carry the stuff from the "master sheet"
forward. Your revision of the formula does carry info forward iin existing
rows, and that's great, but inserted rows on subsequent sheets are still
goiing in totally blank (with no formulas).

Hmm. I'm beginning to think it might just be easier to continue to be the
point person for all revisions to this thing. If I make it look mystical
enough they'll never fire me because no one else will know how to do it. Job
seciurity.

 

[Max]

My fault, sorry. Think I missed this bit about

.. rows insert across all of the grouped sheets

earlier in your original post

(I had interp'd/read it wrongly that the row insertions
were going to be made on just Sheet1)

perhaps you might want to browse this response
to a similar query:

http://tinyurl.com/mt3pp

(the 2 "barebones" subs InsertRow and DeleteRow
seem to work ok for the OP over there, going by his reply <g>)

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