XL98: Offset of Nonadjacent Range Returns Incorrect Results

WORKAROUND

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   ' The following subroutine takes the selection and moves it to the right
   ' by one column. The subroutine makes sure the selected
   ' cells are adjacent or nonadjacent and handles the two situations
   ' differently.
				

   Sub Range_Offset_Select()

      ' Dimensions variables to be used.
      Dim NewRange As Range, singleArea As Range

      ' Makes sure the selection is an adjacent selection.
      If Selection.Areas.Count = 1 Then

         ' Move the selection by one column to the right.
         Selection.Offset(0, 1).Select

      ' Else, if the selection is a nonadjacent selection...
      Else

         ' Sets the range object, Newrange to the offset by one column
         ' from the first adjacent area of the selection
         Set NewRange = Selection.Areas(1).Offset(0, 1)

         ' Starts a For/Each loop for each adjacent area of the
         ' selection.
         For Each singleArea In Selection.Areas
               Set NewRange = Union(NewRange, singleArea.Offset(0, 1))
         Next
         NewRange.Select

      End If

   End Sub