How to Solve the “Macro may not be available in this workbook or all macros may be disabled” Error
When encountering the error message “Macro may not be available in this workbook or all macros may be disabled” in Excel, it means that the workbook contains a macro, but macros are either disabled or not enabled in the Excel settings.
1. Enable Macros in Excel
To resolve this error, you need to enable macros in Excel. Here’s how:
- Open Excel and go to the “File” tab.
- Select “Options” from the menu.
- In the Excel Options window, click on “Trust Center” in the left-hand pane.
- Click on the “Trust Center Settings” button on the right side.
- In the Trust Center window, select “Macro Settings” from the left-hand pane.
- Choose the option “Enable all macros” or “Enable macros with notification” based on your preference.
- Click “OK” to save the changes.
2. Verify Macro Security Level
Another reason for this error could be that the Macro Security level is set too high. To check and adjust the security level:
- Go back to the Trust Center window (refer to step 4 above).
- Select “Macro Settings” from the left-hand pane.
- Ensure that the security level is set to “Disable all macros except digitally signed macros.”
- If it is set to a higher level, change it to the recommended level or a lower level.
- Click “OK” to save the changes.
3. Check Macro Compatibility
It’s also possible that the macro in the workbook is not compatible with the version of Excel you are using. In such cases, you may need to update or modify the macro to make it compatible.
Example:
Let’s consider an example where you have a macro-enabled workbook called “MyWorkbook.xlsm” that contains a macro named “MyMacro”. When you try to run the macro, you encounter the error message “Macro may not be available in this workbook or all macros may be disabled”. In this case, you can follow the steps mentioned above to enable macros and adjust the security level to solve the error.