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The Information Cannot Be Pasted Because The Copy Area And The Paste Area Are Not...

Hey all,

If a cell in column O has content, I want to append to bottom of column N. Problem is below VBA throws error "The information cannot be pasted because the copy area and the paste area are not the same shape and size".

Code:

Dim c As Range
Dim Rng As Range
Dim NewRecord As Range

Set Rng = Range("P:P").SpecialCells(xlConstants)
Set NewRecord = Range("O" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)

If Not Rng Is Nothing Then

    For Each c In Rng
        If c.Row > 1 Then
            c.EntireRow.Copy Destination:=NewRecord
                With NewRecord
                    .Value = .Offset(0, 1).Value
                    .Offset(0, 1).Value = ""
                End With
            c.Value = ""
            
            Set NewRecord = NewRecord.Offset(1, 0)
        End If
    Next c

End If


It's that "EntireRow" part that is causing it. Problem is if I remove it, then if column N contains content in a cell, and O is supposed to paste to that cell, O will not be paste because I dont want to override existing content. I just want to find an existing cell in N that contains nothing and copy there.

Thanks for response.


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