Putting Cell Contents in Footers

Recognizing the comment about not needing the footer updated till you are going to print, why not put the logic in a handler for the WorkboobBeforePrint event? That way there is no performance hit on the workbook being updated.

@Nick Cory

The macro presented in this tip is an excelent example of how you should NOT do it. This macro runs whenever the cell pointer is moved in the worksheet. This is rediculous.

The goal is that the footer reflects the contents of cell B7 and only when this cell changes the macro should run. This can be done in this way:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
If Target.Address = "$B$7" Then PageSetup.LeftFooter = Range("B7").Text
End Sub

IMPORTANT: this macro must be entered in de code page of the sheet who's footer you want to change. Simply right click the sheet's tab and select "View code". That's the place to be. Copy the 3 line macro above there. Do not change it's name. This macro cannot be seen in the list of macros, it runs autmatically.

Hi
I cannot get this to work. If I "create new macro" with the name "AutoFooter" it places this text automatcially at the start:

Sub AutoFooter()

End Sub

Regardless of where I then place the text:
Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.CenterFooter = Range("B7").Text
End Sub

it is not seen to create the footer.

If I deleted the text
Sub AutoFooter()

End Sub

the macro disappears altogether from the list of macros.
My spreadsheet has only one worksheet but that has 80 pages.

I am using Office 2013 and need to do exactly what's described above, I understand (generally) how simple macros work but can't get this to work (running and testing on 2007). Specifically, I want my right footer set to reference a specific cell in the sheet it's running from, is this possible?
Thank you

Tried my best, but didn't really follow it.

Is it possible to have it in layman's terms.

Thanks
Steve

Oops... the Tip as written, refers to a 'Worksheet_SelectionChange' event and does work (as written) if you put the code in the individual Worksheet Object - 'SheetN (Name)'. It runs only on that worksheet.

What I submitted was an Event Procedure (in the 'ThisWorksheet' object). This runs for every worksheet change.

If you use both, the Worksheet procedure runs first, then the Workbook procedure runs last.

Using Excel 2010: this does not work as written - the function call has changed to this MS added an argument):

Private Sub Workbook_SheetSelectionChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range)

Make this change, and it works!