Format changing when file is copied

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dpaton05

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I have a button on my spreadsheet that makes a copy of the spreadsheet, here is a screenshot https://www.screencast.com/t/kzrb83Vrar. When I try and make a new document it copies the spreadsheet but the 6 boxes from the Add 10% box get squashed up and I have no idea why. Here is a screenshot of what the file looks like when the new document is made https://www.screencast.com/t/IdCYyLBlVVAT.

The code behind the button that makes the new document is:

Code: 
Dim newDoc As String
    newDoc = "NPSS work allocation sheet " & Year(Now) + 1 & ".xlsm"

    
  
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=newDoc
    
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=newDoc
    
    With Sheets("home")
        .Range("B20") = "July " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B21") = "August " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B22") = "September " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B23") = "October " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B24") = "November " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B25") = "December " & Year(Now)
        .Range("E20") = "January " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E21") = "February " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E22") = "March " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E23") = "April " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E24") = "May " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E25") = "June " & Year(Now) + 1
    End With
        
        
   
    
    With Workbooks(newDoc)
        .Sheets("July " & Range("E18")).Name = "July " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("July " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "July " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("August " & Range("E18")).Name = "August " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("August " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "August " & Year(Now)
            End With
            
        .Sheets("September " & Range("E18")).Name = "September " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("September " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "September " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("October " & Range("E18")).Name = "October " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("October " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "October " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("November " & Range("E18")).Name = "November " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("November " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "November " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("December " & Range("E18")).Name = "December " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("December " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "December " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
             
        .Sheets("January " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "January " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("January " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "January " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
               
        .Sheets("February " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "February " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("February " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "February " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("March " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "March " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("March " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "March " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
                    
        .Sheets("April " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "April " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("April " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "April " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
     
        .Sheets("May " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "May " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("May " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "May " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("June " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "June " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("June " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "June " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("All Costings").Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                    
    End With
    
       
    
End Sub

 

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What happens if you stop the macro after opening the workbook?
Code: 
    Dim newDoc As String
    newDoc = "NPSS work allocation sheet " & Year(Now) + 1 & ".xlsm"
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=newDoc
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=newDoc
 
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Yongle said:
What happens if you stop the macro after opening the workbook?
Code: 
    Dim newDoc As String
    newDoc = "NPSS work allocation sheet " & Year(Now) + 1 & ".xlsm"
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=newDoc
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=newDoc
Click to expand...

What do you mean, stop the macro? How do I do that as the code only runs when the button is pushed?
 
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As soon as you open the workbook, the layout is fine, if you are wondering about that.
 
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How have you set move and size for the boxes/shapes/whatever?

Also, how does the sheet look in Normal view as to Page Layout?
 
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What do you mean, stop the macro? How do I do that as the code only runs when the button is pushed?
Click to expand...

add this line
Code: 
    Dim newDoc As String
    newDoc = "NPSS work allocation sheet " & Year(Now) + 1 & ".xlsm"
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=newDoc
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=newDoc
    [COLOR=#ff0000]Exit Sub[/COLOR]

As soon as you open the workbook, the layout is fine, if you are wondering about that.
Click to expand...

Yes - you need to run through each stage of the macro and work out when the size changes

Humour me and do it anyway to save us chasing shadows ;)
 
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Now this is strange. The problem occurred when I was doing work at home on my laptop but I am now at work on a pc and it is not doing it. No idea why, but it seems to be working now as long as I do it at work.

I do have one other question, however. How do I change my current code to force the new workbook to be saved in the current file?

Code: 
Private Sub cmdNewTool_Click()
Dim newDoc As String
    newDoc = "NPSS work allocation sheet " & Year(Now) + 1 & ".xlsm"

    
  
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=newDoc
    
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=newDoc
    
    With Sheets("home")
        .Range("B20") = "July " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B21") = "August " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B22") = "September " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B23") = "October " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B24") = "November " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B25") = "December " & Year(Now)
        .Range("E20") = "January " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E21") = "February " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E22") = "March " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E23") = "April " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E24") = "May " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E25") = "June " & Year(Now) + 1
    End With
        
        
   
    
    With Workbooks(newDoc)
        .Sheets("July " & Range("E18")).Name = "July " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("July " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "July " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("August " & Range("E18")).Name = "August " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("August " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "August " & Year(Now)
            End With
            
        .Sheets("September " & Range("E18")).Name = "September " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("September " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "September " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("October " & Range("E18")).Name = "October " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("October " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "October " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("November " & Range("E18")).Name = "November " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("November " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "November " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("December " & Range("E18")).Name = "December " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("December " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "December " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
             
        .Sheets("January " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "January " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("January " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "January " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
               
        .Sheets("February " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "February " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("February " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "February " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("March " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "March " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("March " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "March " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
                    
        .Sheets("April " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "April " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("April " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "April " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
     
        .Sheets("May " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "May " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("May " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "May " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("June " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "June " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("June " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "June " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("All Costings").Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                    
    End With
    
       
    
End Sub
 
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@dpaton05
When @Yongle suggested stopping the macro....you can insert a breakpoint anywhere in the code and it will stop at that point, it can then be resumed manually.
If you press ALT + F11 the code window will be opened. In the LH Bar of the RH window you can click at any line and insert said breapoint, the line will turn brown.
Otherwise you can step through the macro manually by pressing F8 to move through each line of the code...that way you can see what action has taken place !!
 
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I meant to say:

I do have one other question, however. How do I change my current code to force the new workbook to be saved in the current folder?

Everywhere I look tells me that this code will save to the current directory but it saves to the documents folder.
 
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This is with the following code

Code: 
Private Sub cmdNewTool_Click()
Dim newDoc As String
    newDoc = "NPSS work allocation sheet " & Year(Now) + 1 & ".xlsm"

    
  
    ActiveWorkbook.SaveCopyAs Filename:=newDoc
    
    Workbooks.Open Filename:=newDoc
    
    With Sheets("home")
        .Range("B20") = "July " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B21") = "August " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B22") = "September " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B23") = "October " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B24") = "November " & Year(Now)
        .Range("B25") = "December " & Year(Now)
        .Range("E20") = "January " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E21") = "February " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E22") = "March " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E23") = "April " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E24") = "May " & Year(Now) + 1
        .Range("E25") = "June " & Year(Now) + 1
    End With
        
        
   
    
    With Workbooks(newDoc)
        .Sheets("July " & Range("E18")).Name = "July " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("July " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "July " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("August " & Range("E18")).Name = "August " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("August " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "August " & Year(Now)
            End With
            
        .Sheets("September " & Range("E18")).Name = "September " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("September " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "September " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("October " & Range("E18")).Name = "October " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("October " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "October " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("November " & Range("E18")).Name = "November " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("November " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "November " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
            
        .Sheets("December " & Range("E18")).Name = "December " & Year(Now)
            With Sheets("December " & Year(Now))
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "December " & Year(Now) + 1
            End With
             
        .Sheets("January " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "January " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("January " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "January " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
               
        .Sheets("February " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "February " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("February " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "February " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("March " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "March " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("March " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "March " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
                    
        .Sheets("April " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "April " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("April " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "April " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
     
        .Sheets("May " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "May " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("May " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "May " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("June " & Range("E18") + 1).Name = "June " & Year(Now) + 1
            With Sheets("June " & Year(Now) + 1)
                .Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                .Range("A1").Value = "501 NPSS " & "June " & Year(Now) + 2
            End With
            
        .Sheets("All Costings").Range("A4:E2000").Clear
                    
    End With
    
       
    
End Sub
 
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