XL: Run-time Error '1005': Setting PrintArea Property

ID: Q129775

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SYMPTOMS

When you use the PrintArea property in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro to define a print area in the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages:

   Run-time error '1005':
   Name is not defined" error message:

    -or-

   Run-time error '1005':

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:

You run a Visual Basic macro with a line of code similar to the following:
```
       ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "A1:A7"
```
```
    -and-
```
The reference used is a relative reference (using the dollar sign ($) symbols).

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, define a print area by using the following line of code:

    ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "$A$1:$A$7"

Because only one dollar sign is required, any of the following references will also work with the PrintArea property:

    $A$1:$A$7
    $A1:A7
    A$1:A7
    $A$1:A7
    A1:$A7
    A1:$A$7
    A1:A$7

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows and Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the PrintArea property, click Search in the Visual Basic Reference and type:

   print area

Additional query words: 7.00 5.00 5.00c print area vba XL7 XL5

Keywords          : kbcode kbenv kbprg EvnGpf 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c,7.0; MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999