Simple Macro Question

Hello

I was needing a macro that upon finding a cell containing text will place a word in the cell beside that cell.

For example if cell A1 contains "Blue" cell A2 should contain "Colour".

I wish to use a macro as I have existing formulas in all the cells in column b and want to override the formula with text when the above occurs.

My macro skills are not all that good. This is what I have so far:

Sub testing()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Range("b32:b300").Select
For Each Cell In Selection
If ActiveCell <> "" Then
ActiveCell.formulaR1C1= "exit",RefersToR1C1:=ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1)
End If
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Next Cell
Range("a1").Select
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Thankyou very much for any help.

I was able to figure out something that works sufficiently, which was:

Sub testing()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Range("b2:b200").Select
For Each cell In Selection
If ActiveCell <> "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(-1, -1).Formula = "Colour"
End If
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Next cell
Range("a1").Select
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

[NateO]

Nice y'all. based on what I read, I tweaked this a little:

ActiveCell.Offset(1,-1) = "Colour"


Sub testing()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'change the range to the appropriate one
Range("b1:b300").Select
For Each cell In Selection
If ActiveCell <> "" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(1,-1) = "Colour"
End If
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Next cell
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Range("a1").Select
End Sub

Cheers, Nate

[ This Message was edited by: NateO on 2002-02-23 22:43 ]