In Excel, you run a macro manually or automatically. A macro is an action or a set of actions that you can use to automate tasks. This topic shows you several ways to run macros manually or …

To automate a repetitive task, you can record a macro with the Macro Recorder in Microsoft Excel. Imagine you have dates in random formats and you want to apply a single format to all …

Improve security, evaluate and mitigate the risks of running macros, and see how to enable or disable macros for Microsoft 365.

To make your macros available every time you open Excel, you can create them in a workbook called Personal.xlsb. That’s a hidden workbook stored on your computer, which opens in the …

Learn how to change the settings that enable or disable macros in Excel, and more. Change the macro security settings to control which macros run when you open a workbook.

To edit a macro that is attached to a Microsoft Excel workbook, you use the Visual Basic Editor. Important: Before you can work with macros, you have to enable the Developer tab. For more …

Although you can't create, run, or edit VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros in Excel for the web, you can open and edit a workbook that contains macros. Any existing macros will remain …

Suppose that every month, you create a report for your accounting manager. You want to format the names of the customers with overdue accounts in red, and also apply bold formatting. You …

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables non-programmers to record, create, and edit macros that can automate tasks in Office applications. This article explains where you can …

If you no longer need a specific workbook to open, you can stop it from being opened when you start Excel. If a workbook that is opened when you start Excel contains automatic macros, …