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I have a huge number of excels that are formatted poorly. They basically look like a checkerboard of data. Looks similar to the illistration below. The X's represent Data and the periods blank cells.

X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
. . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
. . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
. . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X
. . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X . . . . . . . X X X X X

Except that this goes on for over 100 columns and 30,000 rows. Each block of data is about 4 to 6 sheets printed. My boss does not want to get any blank sheets, only sheets with data on them.

I can see the pages outlined after I Print Preview. But I really don't wat to Ctrl+Click and set the print area thousands of times. Is there a macro that can do this?

I was thinking something along the line of check the range of cells for each page, and if the page has data in it, then set that page's cell range in Print Area.

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