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Have you ever experienced this?Have you ever received an Excel file with macros from a colleague in another department that automates data aggregation? The moment you open it, a yellow warning bar ...

As far as Microsoft Excel is concerned, a macro is simply a piece of code. This code will be loaded every time you launch the Microsoft Excel software. Macros are pretty useful. They can help you ...

After creating UserForm1 for one Excel application, you realize that you’ll want to use it again — with a few modifications — in another application. You do not need to recreate the form; simply ...

Excel is a useful program for creating tables, graphs and making complicated calculations automatically. It might seem complicated at the beginning, but when you get to know Excel's features, the ...

I used to think Excel macros were overkill because I had to go through the trouble of recording steps and tweaking code for something I could easily do manually. Then I was tasked with standardizing ...

Macros are the timesaving magic trick for Office applications because they automate repetitive tasks that gobble time. This week’s feature, which spotlights Excel, is one of several articles featuring ...

Microsoft Excel macros are designed to automate tasks you perform repeatedly in your spreadsheets and are meant to speed up productivity and increase accuracy by ...

Though Microsoft has backed off earlier plans to block unsafe macros in Excel documents, that change is still coming. Here's what to do now to stay secure. On July 8, Microsoft pulled back from its ...