![]() You knew how to select a cell, a range and a worksheet with the mouse, you now know how to tell Excel to do the same thing using VBA. Go to the Visual Basic editor and you will see the following macro in the code window when you double click on Module 1 in the Project Window: To complete this third exercise you must have studied lessons 1 to 4. You can repeat steps 1 to 4 of this second exercise as often as you like. Excel can work much faster than you can. Welcome to the marvelous world of VBA for Excel (Macros). What took you around 5 seconds to do manually (step 5 of the first exercise) took Excel a fraction of a second. At the end of the execution cells D2 to D5 are selected. You do not even see Excel go to Sheet2 (but it does). Step 3: In the window that appears Macro1 is selected. Step 2: Go to "Tools/Macro" and click "Macros." Step 6: Go to "Tools/Macro" and click "Stop Recording"Įxercise 2 (Record your first macro and use it) Step 5: In the sheet below (Sheet1) select cells B1 to B5, go to "Sheet2", select cell B6, come back to "Sheet1" and select cells D2 to D5. Step 4: A small window appears titled "Record Macro". Step 3: Go to "Tools/Macro" and click "Record New Macro." In this lesson on line you will record a macro and run it.Įxercise 1 (Record your first macro and use it) With the Excel macro recorder you can not develop a macro that will damage Excel or your computer so try anything and learn. Even after many years of programming you will still use the macro recorder daily not to learn anymore but to write code (VBA words and sentences). It will also be there when you do not remember something That makes the macro recorder the best VBA teacher and also a great assistant who will write a lot of the words and sentences that you need without a single typo. When you start the macro recorder anything you do in Excel is recorded as a new macro. ![]() One of the tools that makes the programming environment in Excel unique is the Excel Macro Recorder. At any time if you feel uncomfortable just close Excel without saving the workbook and retry. ![]() IMPORTANT NOTE 1: There are no risks to your computer or to Excel in completing the exercises below. This is an excerpt from Pierre Leclerc (Note: If you are using Excel 2007 see lesson 7 here VBA for Excel Lesson 7: The Excel Macro Recorder ![]()
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