ME 142 Engineering Computation I Macros

Key Concepts Macro Overview Recording a Macro Running a Macro Editing a Macro

Macro Overview A macro is a short program or set of recorded keystrokes Stored as VBA program Great for repetitive tasks Can be edited Great way to learn new VBA functions

Recording a Macro Recording of a macros can be launched from the View and Developer tabs or the lower left of the spreadsheet window

Recording a Macro Select Use Relative References button, if desired, prior to recording macro

Recording a Macro Prior to recording the macro, a dialog box is displayed Note in particular: Shortcut key Storage location

Ending a Macro Recording Use the Stop Recording button on from the View or Developer tabs or the lower left of the spreadsheet window

Running a Macro Click on Macro from the View or Developer ribbons to list available macros May also use previously assigned shortcut key combination to launch macro

Editing a Macro Edit a Macro as you would any VBA program Alternately may launch editor by clicking on Macro in the View or Developer ribbons and selecting Edit