Excel Macros: What They Are and How to Use Them

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Ercole Palmeri 2023-12-03
Excel Tutorial
If you have a simple series of actions that you need to repeat many times, you can record these actions in Excel and create a macro containing the code to repeat them.
Once you have recorded a macro, you can repeat a series of actions as many times as you want, by running the recorded macro.
This is more efficient than manually repeating the same series of actions each time.
To record a macro, you must first start the recording process. This option is found in the Macro menu , which is located on the View tab in the Excel ribbon (or in the Tools menu in Excel 2003). These options are shown in the images below:

Record a macro in current versions of Excel (2007 and later):
Excel records macros
You will then be presented with the "Record Macro" dialog box.

Popup macro record
If desired, this box allows you to enter a name and description for your macro. usa rcs data It is a good idea to give the macro a meaningful name, so that when you return to the macro later, this will help you remember what it does. However, if you do not provide a name, Excel will automatically name the macro (e.g. Macro1, Macro2, etc.).

The "Record Macro" dialog box also gives you the option to assign a keyboard shortcut to your macro. This will make it much easier to run the macro. However, you should be careful not to assign one of Excel's default key combinations (e.g. CTRL-C) to the macro. If you choose an existing Excel key combination, it will be overwritten by your macro, and you or other users could accidentally run the macro code.