"Dave" wrote

I did that last time I changed the door handles. Now, some of the screws
are very close to the new holes I need. ie overlapping.

Dave

You can usually cheat and knock a bradawl in alongside the existing hole
then push the grain across toward the existing hole.
It takes a bit of experience knowing how far away to position the bradawl
hole such that the wood between the new and the old hole is forced across by
the new screw to the final position you want IYSWIM.

Phil