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Range.Activate method (Excel)

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Activates a single cell, which must be inside the current selection. To select a range of cells, use the Select method.

Syntax

expression.Activate

expression A variable that represents a Range object.

Return value

Variant

Example

This example selects cells A1:C3 on Sheet1 and then makes cell B2 the active cell.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate 
Range("A1:C3").Select 
Range("B2").Activate

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