Excel.Range.DirectPrecedents.md

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Range.DirectPrecedents property (Excel)	vbaxl10.chm144119	vbaxl10.chm144119	Excel.Range.DirectPrecedents	d7eebe51-3e4c-e902-e6a5-1617bd21ef4e	05/10/2019	medium

Range.DirectPrecedents property (Excel)

Returns a Range object that represents the range containing all the direct precedents of a cell. This can be a multiple selection (a union of Range objects) if there's more than one precedent. Read-only Range object.

Syntax

expression.DirectPrecedents

expression A variable that represents a Range object.

Remarks

The DirectPrecedents property only works on the active sheet and cannot trace remote references.

Example

This example selects the direct precedents of cell A1 on Sheet1.

Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate 
Range("A1").DirectPrecedents.Select

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