Save parts of several worksheets as separate CSV files - excel

Question

Related: Save each sheet in a workbook to separate CSV files
I’ve inherited some code that I’m trying to update. The intention is to take a particular range from each of certain (macro-generated) sheets and save them as distinct CSV files. Here’s the existing code, somewhat simplified & with error checking removed:
' Save sheets not named "Table" as CSV files
Sub Extract_CSV()
Dim CurrentSheet As Integer
For CurrentSheet = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(CurrentSheet).Activate
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(CurrentSheet)
If (.Name <> "Table") Then
.Range("J3:J322").Select
.SaveAs Filename:=ActiveSheet.Name, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=True
End If
End With
Next CurrentSheet
End Sub
The line .Range("J3:J322").Select is a noop in this context, but how can I achieve what this was trying to do: save only the range J3:J322 to this new CSV file?

Answer 1

I've augmented your code and added comments. This code creates a temporary workbook to copy/paste your selection and save it. The temporary workbook is then closed. Note that this code will overwrite existing files without prompts. If you wish to see prompts, then remove the Application.DisplayAlerts lines before and after the loop.
Sub Extract_CSV()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim CurrentSheet As Integer
For CurrentSheet = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(CurrentSheet).Activate
'Suppress Alerts so the user isn't prompted to Save or Replace the file
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(CurrentSheet)
If (.Name <> "Table") Then
'Select the range and copy it to the clipboard
.Range("J3:J322").Select
Selection.Copy
'Create a temporary workbook and paste the selection into it
Set wb = Application.Workbooks.Add
wb.Worksheets(1).Paste
'Save the temporary workbook with the name of the the sheet as a CSV
wb.SaveAs Filename:=ActiveSheet.Name, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=True
'Close the workbook
wb.Close
End If
End With
'Restore alerts
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Next CurrentSheet
End Sub

Answer 2

You may copy the target range, paste it in a new worksheet (you may need to paste as values, and paste number format as well), and then save that worksheet.
The code below embodies the idea. Lines commented with '* are added/modified as compared to your code. A few things to bear in mind:
By pasting values, you prevent the (unlikely) case of having cells with functions whose evaluated value changes upon pasting in the newly created workbook.
Using rng instead of selecting the Range is the recommended practice. If you do not have a lot of these operations, you would likely not notice the (minor) time saving.
Disabling DisplayAlerts eliminates alerts during macro execution (please see this to find out if you would like to make adjustments).
' Save sheets not named "Table" as CSV files
Sub Extract_CSV()
Dim CurrentSheet As Integer
For CurrentSheet = 1 To ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(CurrentSheet).Activate
Application.DisplayAlerts = False '*
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(CurrentSheet)
If (.Name <> "Table") Then
'.Range("J3:J322").Select
Dim rng As Range '*
Set rng = .Range("J3:J322") '*
rng.Copy '*
Dim wb As Workbook '*
Set wb = Application.Workbooks.Add '*
wb.Worksheets(1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValuesAndNumberFormats, Operation:= _
xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False '*
wb.SaveAs Filename:=ActiveSheet.Name, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=True '*
wb.Close '*
End If
End With
Application.DisplayAlerts = True '*
Next CurrentSheet
End Sub