Print Rows

[Dean]

I have a worksheet that will be printed one page high and 2 or 3 pages wide (varies, based on how many columns get hidden, which varies by scenario). I would like cells A1 through A4 (or wherever it is best to put them) to be repeated at the top of each page. Unfortunately, particularly on the first page, some columns will be hidden and this is a variable.

How can I make these four cells print out at the top (and center) of each page?

I thought about a custom header, instead, but it doesn't seem like the header can be based on a cell contents, which seems to be what I need.

Any ideas?

Thanks much,
Dean

 

[Nigel]

You can set the headers/footers up with data from cells..... e.g.

Sub SetHeadingFooters()
With Sheets("Sheet1").PageSetup
.LeftHeader = Range("A1")
.CenterHeader = Range("A2")
.RightHeader = Range("A3")
.LeftFooter = Range("A4")
.CenterFooter = Range("A5")
.RightFooter = Range("A6")
End With
End Sub
--
Cheers
Nigel



I have a worksheet that will be printed one page high and 2 or 3 pages wide (varies, based on how many columns get hidden, which varies by scenario). I would like cells A1 through A4 (or wherever it is best to put them) to be repeated at the top of each page. Unfortunately, particularly on the first page, some columns will be hidden and this is a variable.

How can I make these four cells print out at the top (and center) of each page?

I thought about a custom header, instead, but it doesn't seem like the header can be based on a cell contents, which seems to be what I need.

Any ideas?

Thanks much,
Dean

 

[NickHK]

Dean,
How about :

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim Cell As Range
Dim HeaderStr As String

For Each Cell In Range("HeaderCells")
HeaderStr = HeaderStr & Cell.Value & vbCr
Next
'Remove last vbCr
HeaderStr = Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)

With Worksheets("WhichOne")
.PageSetup.CenterHeader = HeaderStr
End With

End Sub

NickHK

I have a worksheet that will be printed one page high and 2 or 3 pages wide
(varies, based on how many columns get hidden, which varies by scenario). I
would like cells A1 through A4 (or wherever it is best to put them) to be
repeated at the top of each page. Unfortunately, particularly on the first
page, some columns will be hidden and this is a variable.

How can I make these four cells print out at the top (and center) of each
page?

I thought about a custom header, instead, but it doesn't seem like the
header can be based on a cell contents, which seems to be what I need.

Any ideas?

Thanks much,
Dean

 

[Dean]

This looks good, as does Nick's. I will have to choose between them - thank you both!
You can set the headers/footers up with data from cells..... e.g.

Sub SetHeadingFooters()
With Sheets("Sheet1").PageSetup
.LeftHeader = Range("A1")
.CenterHeader = Range("A2")
.RightHeader = Range("A3")
.LeftFooter = Range("A4")
.CenterFooter = Range("A5")
.RightFooter = Range("A6")
End With
End Sub
--
Cheers
Nigel



I have a worksheet that will be printed one page high and 2 or 3 pages wide (varies, based on how many columns get hidden, which varies by scenario). I would like cells A1 through A4 (or wherever it is best to put them) to be repeated at the top of each page. Unfortunately, particularly on the first page, some columns will be hidden and this is a variable.

How can I make these four cells print out at the top (and center) of each page?

I thought about a custom header, instead, but it doesn't seem like the header can be based on a cell contents, which seems to be what I need.

Any ideas?

Thanks much,
Dean

 

[Dean]

Can you tell me how to get this to be centered from left to right (on each
page)? Also, how do I have it cover multiple worksheets in the same macro,
say "Jack", "Queen", and "Ace". Also, can I make it larger in size?

Thanks much!
Dean

 

[Dean]

It seems like my replies to this newsgroup, via Outlook Express (OE), seem
to keep disappearing into a black hole so, once again, forgive me if this
shows up twice! BTW, what is the URL to log into this forum directly, in
case I don't trust my OE?

How do I get it to center this heading from left to right across (each)
page. Also, how can I make the letters bigger, maybe even bold fonted?

Also, can I get it to do this same thing on multiple worksheets, or do I
need to make a copy of this macro for each?

Dean

 

[Dean]

Ok, for a 3rd time, this time with msnews.microsoft.com as my default, I am
going to attempt a reply!

I thank you very much. Can you tell me how to change the font size, maybe
even bold fonted? Also, your command:

<< With Worksheets("WhichOne") >>

suggests I can program this for multiple worksheet names, yet "which one"
suggests only one. To do more than one, do I use commas between names. And
will that allow me to print only one of the sheets (for a single print job)
or would it somehow insist I print all the sheets listed?

Thanks!
Dean

 

[Dave Peterson]

One way:

Dim mySheetNames as variant
dim iCtr as long

mysheetnames = array("sheet1", "sheet99", "anothersheetnamehere")

for ictr = lbound(mysheetnames) to ubound(mysheetnames)
with worksheets(mysheetnames(ictr))
'do your stuff
end with
next ictr

 

[Dean]

It didn't quite work for me. Can you tell me what is wrong (see macro
below)? It looks like it bombed at the ,pagesetup command near the very
bottom, i.e., when I clicked debug, it was there:

Thanks
Dean

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim Cell As Range
Dim HeaderStr As String

Dim mySheetNames As Variant
Dim iCtr As Long

mySheetNames = Array("IS-LA", "BS-LA", "BS-LA-CV")

For iCtr = LBound(mySheetNames) To UBound(mySheetNames)
With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
'do your stuff


For Each Cell In Range("a1:a4")
HeaderStr = HeaderStr & Cell.Value & vbCr
Next
'Remove last vbCr
HeaderStr = Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)

With Worksheets(mySheetNames)
.PageSetup.CenterHeader = HeaderStr
End With
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub

 

[Dave Peterson]

Notice the "with worksheets(mysheetnames(ictr))" line.

When you used it later, you didn't include the (ictr) stuff:
"With Worksheets(mySheetNames)"

But since you're just duplicating that same loop, you could just include that
code in the other loop and be done with it.

And one more thing to watch for...

When you use:
For Each Cell In Range("a1:a4")
it's not using the range that's on each of the sheets. That unqualified range
will just take the data from A1:A4 of the activesheet.

Option Explicit
Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim Cell As Range
Dim HeaderStr As String

Dim mySheetNames As Variant
Dim iCtr As Long

mySheetNames = Array("IS-LA", "BS-LA", "BS-LA-CV")

For iCtr = LBound(mySheetNames) To UBound(mySheetNames)
With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
'do your stuff
For Each Cell In .Range("a1:a4")
HeaderStr = HeaderStr & Cell.Value & vbCr
Next Cell
'Remove last vbCr
HeaderStr = Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)
.PageSetup.CenterHeader = HeaderStr
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub

Notice the dot in front of .range("a1:A4"). That tells excel to use the object
in the previous With statement. In this case, the
worksheets(mysheetnames(ictr)) worksheet.

 

[Dean]

Very nice! I have attached the new macro, in case what I edited came out
differently than what you wrote, because it is still bombing out at the same
point - the page setup command.

The error is 1004 and it says it is unable to set the Centerheader property
of the PageSetup class. Any idea what the problem could be?

Thanks again, Dave!
Dean

 

[Dave Peterson]

I don't see the code you used.

Very nice! I have attached the new macro, in case what I edited came out
differently than what you wrote, because it is still bombing out at the same
point - the page setup command.

The error is 1004 and it says it is unable to set the Centerheader property
of the PageSetup class. Any idea what the problem could be?

Thanks again, Dave!
Dean

 

[Dean]

Sorry bout that!

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)

Dim Cell As Range
Dim HeaderStr As String

Dim mySheetNames As Variant
Dim iCtr As Long

mySheetNames = Array("IS-LA", "BS-LA", "BS-LA-CV")

For iCtr = LBound(mySheetNames) To UBound(mySheetNames)
With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
'do your stuff
For Each Cell In .Range("a1:a4")
HeaderStr = HeaderStr & Cell.Value & vbCr
Next Cell
'Remove last vbCr
HeaderStr = Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)
.PageSetup.CenterHeader = HeaderStr
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub

 

[Dave Peterson]

Maybe it's not the code that's got the problem.

There is a limit of how much stuff can go in headers and footers.

IIRC, the total number of characters in all 3 Headers is 255. (Same with
Footers.)

If that's not the problem, then maybe it's something in one of the cells that's
causing the damage.

Add a line that may help you debug the problem:

With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
msgbox .name

Then you'll know which one blows up when you're testing.

ps. The code runs when you do a print|preview, too. You may want to save some
paper.

Sorry bout that!

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)

Dim Cell As Range
Dim HeaderStr As String

Dim mySheetNames As Variant
Dim iCtr As Long

mySheetNames = Array("IS-LA", "BS-LA", "BS-LA-CV")

For iCtr = LBound(mySheetNames) To UBound(mySheetNames)
With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
'do your stuff
For Each Cell In .Range("a1:a4")
HeaderStr = HeaderStr & Cell.Value & vbCr
Next Cell
'Remove last vbCr
HeaderStr = Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)
.PageSetup.CenterHeader = HeaderStr
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub

 

[Dean]

Maybe it's not the code that's got the problem.

There is a limit of how much stuff can go in headers and footers.

IIRC, the total number of characters in all 3 Headers is 255. (Same with
Footers.)

If that's not the problem, then maybe it's something in one of the cells
that's
causing the damage.

Add a line that may help you debug the problem:

With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
msgbox .name

Then you'll know which one blows up when you're testing.

ps. The code runs when you do a print|preview, too. You may want to save
some
paper.

 

[Dean]

I think I just posted an empty response - sorry! Let's try again.

We're only talking about 100 characters or less in the header, so I doubt
that's the problem

I am confused by your debugging suggestion. My intent was to apply the
macro to only whatever worksheet I was trying to print and, as far as I can
tell (because it does seem to print it, even perhaps with no problems, after
I hit end, after the macro crashes), it just prints the one worksheet. So I
know which sheet is causing the problem. By printing the other two sheets,
I can tell you that the problem occurs on each sheet. Or do you think I am
just so confused?!!

Also, I am confused by your PS. Are you simply suggesting that I should try
to minimize my print previews?

Thanks, Dave!
Dean

 

[Dave Peterson]

About the print previews: I was just suggesting that as a way to test the
macro. So you don't have to actually waste paper.

Your intent to apply this to just the worksheet you're printing is not what the
code does. The code processes all the sheets that have names in that
array--whether you're printing or not.

And if you know the name of the sheet that's causing the trouble, I think that
the next step is to look at the stuff in A1:A4 of that sheet. And then to look
at what's in the left and right header for that worksheet.

I think I just posted an empty response - sorry! Let's try again.

We're only talking about 100 characters or less in the header, so I doubt
that's the problem

I am confused by your debugging suggestion. My intent was to apply the
macro to only whatever worksheet I was trying to print and, as far as I can
tell (because it does seem to print it, even perhaps with no problems, after
I hit end, after the macro crashes), it just prints the one worksheet. So I
know which sheet is causing the problem. By printing the other two sheets,
I can tell you that the problem occurs on each sheet. Or do you think I am
just so confused?!!

Also, I am confused by your PS. Are you simply suggesting that I should try
to minimize my print previews?

Thanks, Dave!
Dean

 

[Dean]

Indeed, it looks like the headings may be too long after all, but that seems
to be happening because each time the macro is invoked, it adds yet another
heading to the one it established the last time the macro was run (it may
max out at twice). Also, the headings that are already there seem to be
from cell a1:a4 of only the first sheet. I guess this is somewhat
consistent with what you're telling me about what the macro is doing.

Back to the original intent. I wanted it to only do this for only the
active sheet I am on, when I hit the print icon. Kindly edit the macro as
needed.

Lastly, back when I added the macro, I had some huge font sizes and a small,
e.g. 25% EXCEL resolution. I don't know if this is why but the headings
printed via this macro are microscopic, something I don't want. Can you
edit the macro to make them bigger?

Thanks again, Dave!
Dean

 

[Dave Peterson]

Ahhhh.

There's a bug in the code.

It keeps appending the stuff in A1:A4 to the same headerstr variable.

It should be reset to "" for each worksheet:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim Cell As Range
Dim HeaderStr As String

Dim mySheetNames As Variant
Dim iCtr As Long

mySheetNames = Array("IS-LA", "BS-LA", "BS-LA-CV")

For iCtr = LBound(mySheetNames) To UBound(mySheetNames)
headerstr = "" '<---- added
With Worksheets(mySheetNames(iCtr))
'do your stuff
For Each Cell In .Range("a1:a4")
HeaderStr = HeaderStr & Cell.Value & vbCr
Next Cell
'Remove last vbCr
HeaderStr = Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)
.PageSetup.CenterHeader = HeaderStr
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub

And I find it better to adjust the headers for all the sheets that need them.
There's nothing in this event (workbook_beforeprint) that tells you what sheet
(or sheets) is being printed.

And if you record a macro when you set the font, you should see the code
necessary to change the size.

You can initialize that headerstr with that code:

headerstr = "whateveryougetfromyourrecordedmacro"

You'll have to do a little work to get it going.

Indeed, it looks like the headings may be too long after all, but that seems
to be happening because each time the macro is invoked, it adds yet another
heading to the one it established the last time the macro was run (it may
max out at twice). Also, the headings that are already there seem to be
from cell a1:a4 of only the first sheet. I guess this is somewhat
consistent with what you're telling me about what the macro is doing.

Back to the original intent. I wanted it to only do this for only the
active sheet I am on, when I hit the print icon. Kindly edit the macro as
needed.

Lastly, back when I added the macro, I had some huge font sizes and a small,
e.g. 25% EXCEL resolution. I don't know if this is why but the headings
printed via this macro are microscopic, something I don't want. Can you
edit the macro to make them bigger?

Thanks again, Dave!
Dean

 

[Dean]

HeaderStr = "72Left(HeaderStr, Len(HeaderStr) - 1)"

Regarding the font size (e.g., size of 72), I tried this and about 20 other
variations (all to no avail), but since I did it (recorded a macro that
enlarged the font size) on text that was already within the text box, it's
not the same as doing this to a variable, I fear. Kindly help.

Thx!
Dean