Excel Lesson 14
Creating and Using Macros
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Objectives
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Understand macros.
Review macro security settings.
Record a macro.
Save a macro as a macro-enabled
workbook.
Run a macro.
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Objectives (continued)
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Edit a macro.
Create a button.
Align and format a button.
Open a macro-enabled workbook.
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Vocabulary
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button
code
macro
virus
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Introduction
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A macro automates a common, repetitive
task you perform in Excel.
In this lesson, students will learn how to:
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Create macros
Run a macro
Make changes to a macro
Add a macro to a button
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Understanding Macros
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A macro records a series of steps that you do
frequently, such as formatting text.
Visual Basic for Applications (or VBA) is the
program used to create macros.
Code refers to the macro actions formatted
in easy-to-read sentences.
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Reviewing Macro Security Settings
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Macros are susceptible to a virus attack.
A virus is a computer program that is
designed to reproduce by copying itself and
attaching to other programs in a computer.
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Can cause extreme damage to data
You can set one of four macro security levels
in Excel.
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Reviewing Macro Security Settings
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Macro security level options
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Reviewing Macro Security Settings
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Trust Center
dialog box
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Recording a Macro
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To begin recording a macro:
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Click the Record Macro button in the Code group
on the Developer tab.
Fill out the options in the Record Macro dialog
box.
Click OK to close the dialog box; the macro will
start recording.
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Recording a Macro (continued)
Record Macro dialog box
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Saving a Workbook as a MacroEnabled Workbook
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The file extension .xlsm is used for a macroenabled workbook.
A macro-enabled workbook lets you save a
macro in the workbook and run the macro.
You can save an ordinary Excel workbook as
a macro-enabled workbook using the Save
As command.
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Saving a Workbook as a MacroEnabled Workbook (continued)
Save As
dialog box
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Running a Macro
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After a macro is created, it is ready to use.
Excel provides different ways to run a macro:
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Use a shortcut key combination if one was
created in the Record Macro dialog box.
On the Developer tab in the Code group, select
the Macros button.
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The Macro dialog box appears.
Click the macro you want and click the Run button.
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Editing a Macro
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Macros are easy to edit.
To edit a macro, you need to make changes
to the VBA code.
The code word Sub indicates the start of the
macro.
The code End Sub signals the end of the
macro.
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Editing a Macro (continued)
Example of a macro in VBA code
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Editing a Macro (continued)
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Making edits to
the Formats
macro
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Creating a Button
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A button is called a control.
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Controls the actions that are assigned to it
When you create a button, you are asked to
assign a macro to it.
When you click the button, the macro will run.
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Creating a Button (continued)
Worksheet with
both buttons added
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Aligning and Formatting Buttons
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To select a button with an assigned macro,
right-click the button.
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A shortcut menu appears.
With more than one button selected, the
Format tab appears on the Ribbon.
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Format tab has options to make changes to the
buttons, such as aligning buttons.
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Aligning and Formatting Buttons
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Alignment options
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Aligning and Formatting Buttons
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You can right-click a
button and choose
Format Control from
the shortcut menu.
Format Control dialog box
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Opening a Macro-Enabled
Workbook
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When a workbook with macros is opened, a
security warning appears on the Message
Bar.
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The warning is displayed whenever the Disable
all macros with notification option is chosen.
To enable the macros, click the Enable
Content button on the Message Bar.
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Opening a Macro-Enabled
Workbook (continued)
Message Bar with security warning
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In this lesson, you learned:
 Macros can automate frequently used tasks.
 You can review and change macro security
settings.
 You can record a macro.
 A workbook can be saved as a macroenabled workbook.
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After a macro is created, you can run the
macro.
If changes need to be made to a macro, you
can edit the macro.
Buttons are a type of form control that have a
macro assigned to them.
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Buttons can be aligned and formatted.
When you open a macro-enabled workbook,
you can enable the workbook contents and
run any macros in the workbook.
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