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    Macro to Name & Save Worksheets

    Hi,

    I dont have any programming skills or how to use macros, so here I am.

    I have around 300 excel files, each of while have around 30 sheets. The only relevant sheet for me is a sheet called "Summary" in each file.

    1. So I have to manually imported all the "Summary" sheets in to a new sheet and now the sheets are called "Summary", "Summary (2)".. and so on.. here is where I need help with the macro

    2. In cell B3 I have the dates for each of the sheets, which are in text format. So I basically want the macro to make a cell B2 in each of the sheet with the formula B2=LEFT(B3,2)&"."&MID(B3,4,2)&"."&RIGHT(B3,2), so that I have the date in cell B2 in MM.DD.YY format

    3. Then I want the sheets to be renamed to the value in the cell B2, i.e the date in MM.DD.YY format

    Can someone please help me with this ? I basically need a macro for point 2. and point 3.

    Also, is there a way to copy all the 300 "Summary" sheets from the to the new excel sheet using a macro if there saved in the same folder.


    Thanks for you help.. This is an office project so I cant install any third party extensions on my office laptop unfortunately.
    Last edited by AliGW; 04-04-2020 at 05:58 AM.

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    Re: Need help with writing a macro

    Hi, welcome to the forum.
    I suggest you start with a Excel VBA tutorial, there are many online.
    the for you simple question has a simple answer: Yes, it can be done with a macro or macros
    The next remarks is: it won't help you if you don't take the time for some basic knowledge and it will also make you see how simple it really is if you take the time (very much needed) to develop to your needs.
    Here's a nice place to start, many examples and samples af of course there are many, many more if you Google for VBA tutorials and most are free
    http://www.cpearson.com/Excel/vbe.aspx
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    Re: Need help with writing a macro

    Thanks for the reply mate, and yes that is the plan that I learn some of the basic stuff. I have been looking online for tutorials, and will try out your link as well.*The reason I posted the request was that it is something urgent that I need to send out today, and I wont be able to learn this in a day and work it out. I was also hope that uf someone sends the code for the above, I can spend 10 minutes to understand how it works and ask questions if I dont understand it.*As I'm sure I cant ask for help anytime I need something for work, I am working towards learning VBA, but this is a time sensitive project, so thats why I asked for help here*.

    If you or anyone could help for now, that would be great

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    Re: Macro to Name & Save Worksheets

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    Re: Macro to Name & Save Worksheets

    I'm sorry, yes, I could help but this is not something you can do without a sample and I also don't have the time.
    It is not something that you can copy from another file and see if it works. If you do it, you must do it right.
    No half-measures.

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    Re: Macro to Name & Save Worksheets

    The reason I posted the request was that it is something urgent that I need to send out today, ...
    I fear you have misunderstood the way these forums work. Let me explain.

    What we do here is offer help, not ready-made solutions. We don't work to a brief, rather assist other members to work through to solutions themselves by offering snippets of code or formulae.

    Those who help here do so for free and in their own time: nobody is being paid, and the help you are offered is of no cost to you.

    Today is a Saturday - the forums are not so busy at the weekend, so the likelihood of your getting the help you need today is far less than it would be on a normal weekday.

    If you need someone to do the work for you today, then you need to find a forum where you can engage someone at an hourly rate to do the work for you. We have the commercial services section, however this is also manned by volunteers, so does not guarantee immediate help.

    I hope that this helps you to understand the nature of these forums a little better.
    Last edited by AliGW; 04-04-2020 at 11:25 AM. Reason: Typo corrected.

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