Range Methods (Excel)

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Methods

Name	Description
Activate	Activates a single cell, which must be inside the current selection. To select a range of cells, use the Select method.
AddComment	Adds a comment to the range.
AdvancedFilter	Filters or copies data from a list based on a criteria range. If the initial selection is a single cell, that cell's current region is used.
AllocateChanges	Performs a writeback operation for all edited cells in a range based on an OLAP data source.
ApplyNames	Applies names to the cells in the specified range.
ApplyOutlineStyles	Applies outlining styles to the specified range.
AutoComplete	Returns an AutoComplete match from the list. If there’s no AutoComplete match or if more than one entry in the list matches the string to complete, this method returns an empty string.
AutoFill	Performs an autofill on the cells in the specified range.
AutoFilter	Filters a list using the AutoFilter.
AutoFit	Changes the width of the columns in the range or the height of the rows in the range to achieve the best fit.
AutoOutline	Automatically creates an outline for the specified range. If the range is a single cell, Microsoft Excel creates an outline for the entire sheet. The new outline replaces any existing outline.
BorderAround	Adds a border to a range and sets the Color, LineStyle, and Weight properties for the new border. Variant.
Calculate	Calculates all open workbooks, a specific worksheet in a workbook, or a specified range of cells on a worksheet, as shown in the following table.
CalculateRowMajorOrder	Calculates a specfied range of cells.
CheckSpelling	Checks the spelling of an object.
Clear	Clears the entire object.
ClearComments	Clears all cell comments from the specified range.
ClearContents	Clears the formulas from the range.
ClearFormats	Clears the formatting of the object.
ClearHyperlinks	Removes all hyperlinks from the specified range.
ClearNotes	Clears notes and sound notes from all the cells in the specified range.
ClearOutline	Clears the outline for the specified range.
ColumnDifferences	Returns a Range object that represents all the cells whose contents are different from the comparison cell in each column.
Consolidate	Consolidates data from multiple ranges on multiple worksheets into a single range on a single worksheet. Variant.
Copy	Copies the range to the specified range or to the Clipboard.
CopyFromRecordset	Copies the contents of an ADO or DAO Recordset object onto a worksheet, beginning at the upper-left corner of the specified range. If the Recordset object contains fields with OLE objects in them, this method fails.
CopyPicture	Copies the selected object to the Clipboard as a picture. Variant.
CreateNames	Creates names in the specified range, based on text labels in the sheet.
Cut	Cuts the object to the Clipboard or pastes it into a specified destination.
DataSeries	Creates a data series in the specified range. Variant.
Delete	Deletes the object.
DialogBox	Displays a dialog box defined by a dialog box definition table on a Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet. Returns the number of the chosen control, or returns False if the user clicks the Cancel button.
Dirty	Designates a range to be recalculated when the next recalculation occurs.
DiscardChanges	Discards all changes in the edited cells of the range.
EditionOptions	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about this keyword, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
ExportAsFixedFormat	Exports to a file of the specified format.
FillDown	Fills down from the top cell or cells in the specified range to the bottom of the range. The contents and formatting of the cell or cells in the top row of a range are copied into the rest of the rows in the range.
FillLeft	Fills left from the rightmost cell or cells in the specified range. The contents and formatting of the cell or cells in the rightmost column of a range are copied into the rest of the columns in the range.
FillRight	Fills right from the leftmost cell or cells in the specified range. The contents and formatting of the cell or cells in the leftmost column of a range are copied into the rest of the columns in the range.
FillUp	Fills up from the bottom cell or cells in the specified range to the top of the range. The contents and formatting of the cell or cells in the bottom row of a range are copied into the rest of the rows in the range.
Find	Finds specific information in a range.
FindNext	Continues a search that was begun with the Find method. Finds the next cell that matches those same conditions and returns a Range object that represents that cell. This does not affect the selection or the active cell.
FindPrevious	Continues a search that was begun with the Find method. Finds the previous cell that matches those same conditions and returns a Range object that represents that cell. Doesn’t affect the selection or the active cell.
FlashFill	TRUE indicates that the Excel Flash Fill feature has been enabled and active.
FunctionWizard	Starts the Function Wizard for the upper-left cell of the range.
Group	When the Range object represents a single cell in a PivotTable field’s data range, the Group method performs numeric or date-based grouping in that field.
Insert	Inserts a cell or a range of cells into the worksheet or macro sheet and shifts other cells away to make space.
InsertIndent	Adds an indent to the specified range.
Justify	Rearranges the text in a range so that it fills the range evenly.
ListNames	Pastes a list of all nonhidden names onto the worksheet, beginning with the first cell in the range.
Merge	Creates a merged cell from the specified Range object.
NavigateArrow	Navigates a tracer arrow for the specified range to the precedent, dependent, or error-causing cell or cells. Selects the precedent, dependent, or error cells and returns a Range object that represents the new selection. This method causes an error if it's applied to a cell without visible tracer arrows.
NoteText	Returns or sets the cell note associated with the cell in the upper-left corner of the range. Read/write String. Cell notes have been replaced by range comments. For more information, see the Comment object.
Parse	Parses a range of data and breaks it into multiple cells. Distributes the contents of the range to fill several adjacent columns; the range can be no more than one column wide.
PasteSpecial	Pastes a Range from the Clipboard into the specified range.
PrintOut	Prints the object.
PrintPreview	Shows a preview of the object as it would look when printed.
RemoveDuplicates	Removes duplicate values from a range of values.
RemoveSubtotal	Removes subtotals from a list.
Replace	Returns a Boolean indicating characters in cells within the specified range. Using this method doesn’t change either the selection or the active cell.
RowDifferences	Returns a Range object that represents all the cells whose contents are different from those of the comparison cell in each row.
Run	Runs the Microsoft Excel macro at this location. The range must be on a macro sheet.
Select	Selects the object.
SetPhonetic	Creates Phonetic objects for all the cells in the specified range.
Show	Scrolls through the contents of the active window to move the range into view. The range must consist of a single cell in the active document.
ShowDependents	Draws tracer arrows to the direct dependents of the range.
ShowErrors	Draws tracer arrows through the precedents tree to the cell that’s the source of the error, and returns the range that contains that cell.
ShowPrecedents	Draws tracer arrows to the direct precedents of the range.
Sort	Sorts a range of values.
SortSpecial	Uses East Asian sorting methods to sort the range, a PivotTable report, or uses the method for the active region if the range contains only one cell. For example, Japanese sorts in the order of the Kana syllabary.
Speak	Causes the cells of the range to be spoken in row order or column order.
SpecialCells	Returns a Range object that represents all the cells that match the specified type and value.
SubscribeTo	You have requested Help for a Visual Basic keyword used only on the Macintosh. For information about this keyword, consult the language reference Help included with Microsoft Office Macintosh Edition.
Subtotal	Creates subtotals for the range (or the current region, if the range is a single cell).
Table	Creates a data table based on input values and formulas that you define on a worksheet.
TextToColumns	Parses a column of cells that contain text into several columns.
Ungroup	Promotes a range in an outline (that is, decreases its outline level). The specified range must be a row or column, or a range of rows or columns. If the range is in a PivotTable report, this method ungroups the items contained in the range.
UnMerge	Separates a merged area into individual cells.