For years, Excel 2008 has been teasing me: Every time I launched the app, I’d see that menu item, mocking me, tempting me to click. “Go ahead,” it would whisper, “You know you want to. This time it’ll ...

If you have been following Macro Anatomy, you should be comfortable with macro basics by now. If not, you may want to consider taking a moment to review what we have covered thus far. For the rest of ...

Over the years, Microsoft has evolved from a word processor into a database, Web design program, and floor wax. Among its thousands of features, macros are power-user tools that could benefit a lot of ...

How to execute a VBA sub procedure in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent Once you stick your toe into the VBA waters, you’ll realize how powerful and flexible VBA is. Not only is the language ...

How to use VBA to select and delete a single page in Word Your email has been sent The article How to use a VBA procedure that deletes the current page in a Word document shows you how to use a VBA ...

Word macros can take almost any repetitive word-processing task and do it for you faster, in just a few keystrokes. Here’s a classic example: You’ve received a document with incorrect formatting ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling back a planned change to block Visual Basic for Applications ...

Welcome, troops, to the final stage of your lock-step macro training. This phase is when you will learn all about modifier keys. I had planned to include conditionals in the Run Phase, but that ...

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) was long the undisputed king of the spreadsheet, but its dominance is finally waning. From security nightmares to the rise of modern tools, the era of legacy macros ...