How To Enter Vba In Excel

How to Enter VBA in Excel

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a programming language that allows you to automate tasks and add functionality to Microsoft Excel. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to enter VBA code in Excel:

1. Open Excel and navigate to the worksheet where you want to add the VBA code.
2. Press “Alt+F11” to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).
3. In the VBE window, click on “Insert” and then select “Module.” This will create a new module for your VBA code.
4. Type your VBA code within the Module editor. For example, let’s say you want to create a VBA code to display a message box:

Sub DisplayMessage()
   MsgBox "Hello, World!"
End Sub

5. Once you have entered your VBA code, you can close the VBE window.
6. To run the VBA code, you have a few options:
• You can run the code by pressing “F5” or “Ctrl+R” in the VBE window.
• You can assign the VBA code to a button, shape, or object within Excel. Right-click on the button/shape/object, select “Assign Macro,” and choose the VBA code you want to run.
• You can create a custom shortcut key combination to run the VBA code. To do this, go to “File > Options > Customize Ribbon > Customize… > Macros” and assign a keyboard shortcut to your VBA code.
7. That’s it! Your VBA code is now entered and ready to be executed in Excel.

Remember to save your Excel file in a macro-enabled format (.xlsm) if you want to retain the VBA code.