Range.ShowPrecedents Method

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Draws tracer arrows to the direct precedents of the range.

Syntax

expression.ShowPrecedents(Remove)

expression   A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Remove Optional Variant True to remove one level of tracer arrows to direct precedents. False to expand one level of tracer arrows. The default value is False.

Return Value
Variant

Example

This example draws tracer arrows to the precedents of the active cell on Sheet1.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
ActiveCell.ShowPrecedents

This example removes the tracer arrow for one level of precedents of the active cell on Sheet1.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
ActiveCell.ShowPrecedents remove:=True

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