How To Create A New Vba Macro In Excel

Creating a VBA Macro in Excel

To create a new VBA macro in Excel, follow these steps:

1. Open Excel and navigate to the Developer tab. If you don’t see the Developer tab, you can enable it by going to File > Options > Customize Ribbon and checking the “Developer” box.
2. Click on the “Visual Basic” button on the Developer tab. This will open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor.
3. In the VBA editor, click on “Insert” from the top menu and choose “Module.” This will insert a new module into your Excel workbook.
4. In the module window, you can start writing your VBA code. Let’s say we want to create a simple macro that displays a message box with a greeting. We can write the following code:

           
   Sub GreetUser()
       MsgBox "Hello, welcome to Excel!"
   End Sub
           
         

5. Once you have written your VBA code, you can save the workbook with the .xlsm extension to preserve the macros. Click on “File” and choose “Save As.” Select the appropriate location and provide a name for your workbook. Choose the file format as “Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)” and click “Save.”

That’s it! You have created a new VBA macro in Excel. Now, you can run the macro by pressing “Alt + F8” to open the macro dialog box and selecting the macro you created. Alternatively, you can create a button on the worksheet and assign the macro to it, so you can run it with a click.