The world really is your oyster when you get started recording macros in excel. Alternatively, you could get quite advanced and carry out entire tasks before going into the Excel visual basic editor to review the code. These can be things as simple as formatting, copying, pasting, deleting or selecting a sell. You’ll see the system generated VBA can be messy but it will give you the key snippets of code needed for the desired action. Now you know how to open the VBA editor in Excel you should be able to record a macro, open the editor and view the code. A common trick is to record a macro and then review the VBA code to see how it works. Recording a macro in Excel is a great way to automate tasks as well as a great tool to help learn more VBA code. Excel will prompt you to confirm before deleting. Delete a module by simply right clicking, Remove Module. Add a new module in VBA editor by clicking on VBAProject(Book1), right click, Insert Model. To get started writing code you will need to create a new module. Its beyond the scope of this article to go into how to split out your code into objects but modules gives the user a powerful tool to create efficient and well organized code. Modules contain the code that is required for your macros to work. Think of this like a folder for your macros. The most basic sections of the editor is the Project View in which you can see modules listed down the left hand side. It’s the place where you can create macros and write scripts in Excel VBA. Great, now you’re in the editor, what is it? Microsoft Excel’s Visual basic editor can be referred to as, VBA editor, VB editor and even VBE. You can also open VBA in Excel using Alt + F11 keyboard shortcut. If the Developer tab is not present, go to File -> Options -> customize ribbon and tick Developer.

Read on to see How to Open and Start Using the MS Excel VBA EditorĬlick the visual basic button on the developer tab.

Having access to the VBA editor lets you write your own VBA code or review recorded macros.

This quick tip guide shows you how to open the Excel Visual Basic Editor (aka Excel VBA Editor) and get started with VBA programming in Excel. It can be used to automate many repetitive tasks along with more complex applications. Excel VBA is a powerful tool which enables the automation of tasks in Excel.

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