Check the second level "Disable all Macros with Notification" and you are set. From the menu bar of Excel select "Tools" then "Macro" then "Security" and select "Medium".įor users of Excel 2007 to 2013: From the "Developer" ribbon click on the "Macro Security" button. At any time if you feel uncomfortable, just close Excel without saving the workbook and try again later.įor users of Excel 1997 to 2006: The first thing that you need to do is to make sure that the security level of Excel is set at either "Low" or "Medium" so that you can use the macros (VBA procedures) that you develop.
IMPORTANT NOTE 1: There are no risks to your computer or to Excel in completing the task below.
If you are using Excel 2007 see how to install the Visual Basic Editor for Excel from your Office CD. Special note for users of Excel 2007: Until the 2007 versions of Excel the user did not need to install anything to work with macros in Excel. So, when you send the workbook to the "Recycling Bin" the VBA procedures (macros) are destroyed. VBA procedures developed in the VBE become part of the workbook in which they are developed and when the workbook is saved the VBA components (including macros, modules, userforms and other components that you will discover in the next 32 lessons) are savedĪt the same time. It is a very user-friendly development environment. You will develop, test and modify VBA procedures (macros) in the Excel Visual Basic Editor (VBE). When you want Excel to do some work for you, you open the Visual Basic Editor and you write the instructions in a language that Excel understands VBA ( Visual Basic for Application). When you want somebody to do some work for you, you open your Email program and you send him a message in a language that he understands (English, Spanish, French.). Of the downloadable Tutorial on Excel macros The Visual Basic Editor in Excel (VBE) Here is a sample of what you will find in chapter 1 in the Visual Basic editor you will test your macros step by step, modify them and improve them.Īfter section 1, you will be able to copy all the macros available on the internet and use them efficiently in your own workbooks in the Visual Basic Editor you will create these powerful and useful userforms the Visual Basic Editor is the most user friendly development environment that tells you immediately if there are mistakes in your sentences so that you do not have to wait at the end of your project to realize that something that you have written is wrong.
the Macro Recorder is not only a recorder but it is the best teacher and it will be a great assistant (writing code for you) even when you become an expert at programming in VBA. Example use cases for this are accounting, basic math, calculating discounts when purchasing web hosting, websites & more. In this first section you will learn how easy it is to record macros with the Macro Recorder and to create other macros of your own in the Visual Basic Editor. Print this page to read it at home, at the office, on the bus or the train Excel Macros Section 1: Programming Macros in Excel Of the downloadable Tutorial on Excel macros To make it disappear just save as a macro enabled workbook in the new format (*.xlsm).Here are samples of what you will find in Section 1 There are no problems running the macros, but the message is annoying.
The examples have all been made in Excel 2000 or 2003 (Danish version), and if they don't work in other versions it may be, that I have made mistakes, but it could also be a compatibility issue.Įxcel 2016 introduced a new bug: You get an error message, "Automation error", when you open (some) spreadsheets with macros made with Excel 2003 or older. I do not have a certificate, so you will probably need to select a low security level to run the macros. Once you have opened an Excel workbook, you can open the Visual Basic editor by pressing ALT+F11.
The spreadsheets exemplify some of the things I write about on this site, and to the right of each download link is a (www)-link that will take you to the corresponding webpage.
The files are zip-compressed, and you unzip by right-clicking (once the file is downloaded) and choose "Unpack" or whatever Windows suggests. From this page you can download Excel spreadsheets with VBA macro examples.