While it is not often that we have to control pictures or images within Excel, based on the number of Google searches for this topic, it’s clearly something people want to know more about. This post serves as a reference to cover most of the scenarios we’re likely to encounter to copy, insert, move, delete Read More
Category: VBA
VBA code to copy, move, delete and manage files
Automating processes with VBA can involve copying, moving, deleting and managing lots of files. Thankfully, VBA has many built-in functions to undertake these tasks for us. These files do not necessarily need to be Excel workbooks; they can be any file type. The filename for this post is 0041 VBA copy, move, delete and manage Read More
Loop through selected sheets with VBA
Looping through worksheets is one of the most common actions performed by those who use VBA to automate Excel. However, we don’t always want to apply a macro to every worksheet; sometimes, we only want it for each selected sheet. Depending on the action being performed, this can cause an error. This occurs where the Read More
Resetting the scroll bar in Excel
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
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
