Cell that includes text and table identification/referencing and for/next and data-sort

MeisterConrad

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I hope you can help me; I just can't see my way through it.
I have a series of 20 identical tables (Table1, Table2, etc.), arrange from left to right on one worksheet.
Each of these tables has a merged cell containing concatenated data that spans across the top of the table. This merged cell serves as a sort of pre-header/nameplate for the table.

I'm trying to make code on the worksheet that recognizes when this nameplate cell is clicked, then the associated table gets data-sorted. But the code is to recognize when any of the nameplate cells are selected.

I recorded a macro for the data-sort operation:

VBA Code:
Sub Macro2()
'
' Macro2 Macro
' Select a Table from the RANGE ID box, then data-sort the Table.
'

'
    Application.Goto Reference:="Table2"
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("LedgerTablesSheet").ListObjects("Table2").Sort. _
        SortFields.Clear
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("LedgerTablesSheet").ListObjects("Table2").Sort. _
        SortFields.Add Key:=Range("Table2[Date Cleared]"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, _
        Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("LedgerTablesSheet").ListObjects("Table2").Sort. _
        SortFields.Add Key:=Range("Table2[Trans-action Date]"), SortOn:= _
        xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("LedgerTablesSheet").ListObjects("Table2").Sort. _
        SortFields.Add Key:=Range("Table2[Budget Category]"), SortOn:= _
        xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
    ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("LedgerTablesSheet").ListObjects("Table2").Sort. _
        SortFields.Add Key:=Range("Table2[SubCategory]"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, _
        Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
    With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("LedgerTablesSheet").ListObjects("Table2").Sort
        .Header = xlYes
        .MatchCase = False
        .Orientation = xlTopToBottom
        .SortMethod = xlPinYin
        .Apply
    End With
End Sub

The code I came up with to identify the table based on the nameplate cell being selected is:

VBA Code:
Dim TableToSort As ListObject
Dim i As Integer
For i = 1 to 20, step 1
Set TableToSort = ActiveSheet.ListObjects("Table" & i)

If ActiveCell.Text = "Table" & i Then
TableToSort = ActiveSheet.ListObjects("Table" & i)
Exit For
End If
Next i

For one problem, I need the code to recognize if the cell contains the text "Table" and the number assigned to i, forgetting about the rest of the text in the cell.
But I also need to join these two bits of code into one fell swoop. And something doesn't feel quite right.
Am I not referencing the tables properly?
I'm really trying to clean up a lot of redundant code from a previous version of this workbook, so I kinda wanted to make this a sub-routine that can also be triggered in other operations. Thanks in advance for your help.
 
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