Hello, I am very new to Excel and trying to learn how to shorten a marco that is recorded. Looking at the VBA code below, can you please offer any tips or advice to shorten the code. I am looking more for an explination of some things as opposed to someone solving shortening the code so I can learn. Thank you!
Code:
' SortTop5_2012 Macro
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+t
' Filter the data to obtain the players with the highest points
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort.SortFields.Clear
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range( _
"H2:H31"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlDescending, DataOption:= _
xlSortNormal
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort
.SetRange Range("B1:S31")
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
' Copy the top 5 players with the highest points from the master list to the top 5 worksheet
Rows("1:6").Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Top5-2012").Select
Range("A1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("A1").Select
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "Points"
' Filter the data to obtain the players with the highest goals
Sheets("Top30-2012").Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort.SortFields.Clear
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range( _
"F2:F31"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlDescending, DataOption:= _
xlSortNormal
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort
.SetRange Range("B1:S31")
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
' Copy the top 5 players with the highest goals from the master list to the top 5 worksheet
Rows("1:6").Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Top5-2012").Select
Range("A8").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("A8").Select
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "Goals"
' Filter the data to obtain the players with the highest +/-
Sheets("Top30-2012").Select
Range("B1").Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort.SortFields.Clear
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort.SortFields.Add Key:=Range( _
"I2:I31"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlDescending, DataOption:= _
xlSortNormal
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Top30-2012").Sort
.SetRange Range("B1:S31")
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
' Copy the top 5 players with the highest +/- from the master list to the top 5 worksheet
Rows("1:6").Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Top5-2012").Select
Range("A15").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("A15").Select
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = """+/-"""
End Sub