Have you ever experienced the issue where Excel’s scroll bars become tiny? A small movement in the mouse can change the view by hundreds of rows or columns. This makes the worksheet exceptionally difficult to navigate around. The problem might reveal itself with an error message when trying to insert new rows or columns. In Read More
Category: VBA
Automated Goal Seek
I recently attended an online meetup where Danielle Stein Fairhurst shared a technique involving Excel’s Goal Seek feature operated by a macro. This got my mind buzzing with ideas, so I wanted to share it with you, along with a few of my own developments. I’ve not used the technique extensively to date, but it Read More
100 Excel VBA Macros
With macros, we can automate Excel and save time; big tasks or small tasks, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that we’ve become more efficient. In this post, I share 100 VBA macro codes that you can use today. If you’ve never used VBA before, that’s fine. Part 1 contains instructions of how to Read More
Save Excel as PDF with VBA
Since Excel 2010, it has been possible to save Excel files as PDF documents. PDF was then and continues to be, a common file format for distributing documents. The code examples below provide the VBA options to automate the creation of PDFs from Excel. They can be used on their own or as part of Read More
Dynamic arrays and VBA user defined functions (UDFs)
Office 365 subscribers now have Excel’s new calculation engine available to them, meaning lots of users suddenly have access to dynamic arrays. This got me thinking about whether VBA user-defined functions (UDFs) can make use of the new functionality too. I’m not an expert in this; I’m just sharing as much as I’ve learned to Read More
VBA Arrays
Before I start, let me share a little secret with you… I really dislike VBA arrays. There just seem to be too many oddities in how they work. Compared with other programming languages, VBA seems to make arrays overly complicated. If you feel the same, then you’re in the right place. This post contains a Read More
VBA to protect and unprotect Sheets
Protecting and unprotecting sheets is a common action for an Excel user. There is nothing worse than when somebody, who doesn’t know what they’re doing, over types essential formulas and cell values. It’s even worse when that person happens to be ourselves; all it takes is one accidental keypress, and suddenly the entire worksheet is Read More
Auto refresh Power Query on parameter change
A few days ago, a reader asked a question about using parameters in Power Query; they wanted to auto-refresh Power Query whenever a parameter changes. “One question, how do you set the query to refresh automatically when a value changes.” I’ve not tried this before, but I can understand the benefits. It reduces the need Read More
Crack Excel passwords with VBA
There is nothing more frustrating than finding out a previous employee has used passwords to protect an Excel file, and it turns out nobody else knows the password. Or maybe it’s worse when it’s your file, your password and you’ve forgotten it. Either way… you’re stuffed! However, before you give in, let me share some Read More
Swap ranges, rows and columns in Excel
Copying, pasting and moving cells are simple everyday tasks for an Excel user. But what if something already occupies the area we want to paste to? We have to move things into temporary locations before putting them into their final destination. Wouldn’t it be better if there were a simple way to swap ranges, rows Read More
