Copy/Paste last two rows into next empty row and clear certain cells (contains merged cells) - excel

Question

I'm trying to make a command button up the top of my sheet which when pressed will copy the last 2 rows in columns A:AJ that have data and paste into the next empty row below them. I want the source style and formulas to be copied but not the manually entered data. I have an image here too to help:
So for example from the image. I want to copy rows 105/106 together and then paste them to 107/108 as they are the next empty rows(although hidden so would also need to unhide those rows).
Everything in those 2 rows should be copied except the bottom "strokes" section and par/strokes box is a formula/date/data validation/dropdown which I want copied but the strokes section to be empty as well as date/dropdown be blank too. I would like it to all look the same as well (copy the style). Filled cells to clear in that scenario would be column B, C, E:M, P:X but only on the "STROKES" row.
To put it even more basically. I want a button to push that will add another row to the table. So I have 52 there in the picture you can see, when pressed I will now have 53 below it and it be blank ready for use.
If the hidden rows need to be unhidden for this to work I can do that.
I have looked to try do it myself but I've never done anything with VBA before so I have no idea.
I hope someone can understand this request and that it is even doable.
Thanks.
Based on DecimalTurn's answer, I made some changes and here's my new code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
'Find the last row based on column D (4th)
Dim LastRow As Long
LastRow = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp).Row
'Copy the range
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow - 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow).Copy
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2).PasteSpecial
Application.CutCopyMode = False 'This will clear the clipboard
'Adjust numbering
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & LastRow + 1).Value2 = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & LastRow - 1).Value2 + 1
'Clear content
Dim ListOfColumnsToClear1() As Variant
Dim ListOfColumnsToClear2() As Variant
ListOfColumnsToClear1 = Array("B:C")
ListOfColumnsToClear2 = Array("E:M", "P:X")
Dim i As Long
For i = LBound(ListOfColumnsToClear1) To UBound(ListOfColumnsToClear1)
Intersect(ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2), ActiveSheet.Range(ListOfColumnsToClear1(i))).ClearContents
Next i
For i = LBound(ListOfColumnsToClear2) To UBound(ListOfColumnsToClear2)
Intersect(ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 2) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2), ActiveSheet.Range(ListOfColumnsToClear2(i))).ClearContents
Next i
End Sub
It's probably completely wrong but it did work.

Answer 1

To achieve what you are trying to do with VBA, I would suggest to have your code do the following (in that order):
Find the last row of data.
Define the range to copy and copy that range.
Ajust line numbering
Clear the content of the cells that need manual inputs.
Assuming you don't need to unhide any rows, the code would look like this:
Sub CopyLastTwoRows()
'Find the last row based on column D (4th)
Dim LastRow As Long
LastRow = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp).Row
'Copy the range
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow - 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow).Copy
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2).PasteSpecial
Application.CutCopyMode = False 'This will clear the clipboard
'Adjust numbering
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & LastRow + 1).Value2 = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & LastRow - 1).Value2 + 1
'Clear content
Dim ListOfColumnsToClear() As Variant
ListOfColumnsToClear = Array("B:C", "E:M", "P:X")
Dim i As Long
For i = LBound(ListOfColumnsToClear) To UBound(ListOfColumnsToClear)
Intersect(ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 2) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2), ActiveSheet.Range(ListOfColumnsToClear(i))).ClearContents
Next i
End Sub
Now, since you have merged cells, the section where we clear data will give you an error since only the bottom part of your merged cells will intersect. To solve this, we can use a function that will make sure that if there are merged cells in our range, all their cells will be included.
The code would look like this (note the new function at the end):
Sub CopyLastTwoRows()
'Find the last row based on column D (4th)
Dim LastRow As Long
LastRow = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp).Row
'Copy the range
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow - 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow).Copy
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 1) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2).PasteSpecial
Application.CutCopyMode = False 'This will clear the clipboard
'Adjust numbering
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & LastRow + 1).Value2 = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & LastRow - 1).Value2 + 1
'Clear content
Dim ListOfColumnsToClear() As Variant
ListOfColumnsToClear = Array("B:C", "E:M", "P:X")
Dim i As Long
For i = LBound(ListOfColumnsToClear) To UBound(ListOfColumnsToClear)
ExpandToIncludeMergedCells(Intersect(ActiveSheet.Range("A" & (LastRow + 2) & ":" & "AJ" & LastRow + 2), ActiveSheet.Range(ListOfColumnsToClear(i)))).ClearContents
Next i
End Sub
Private Function ExpandToIncludeMergedCells(ByRef Rng As Range) As Range
Dim TempRange As Range
Set TempRange = Rng.Cells(1)
Dim c As Range
For Each c In Rng
Set TempRange = Union(TempRange, c.MergeArea)
Next c
Set ExpandToIncludeMergedCells = TempRange
End Function
Finally, if you want to do this multiple times (say 10 times) by pressing a button, you would simply do:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To 10
CopyLastTwoRows
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Note that I'm using Application.ScreenUpdating = False to tell Excel not to refresh the screen while the macro is running. This will make your code run much faster, but it's recommended to set it back to true at the end and to have some error handling (which I didn't include here).