One of the best ways to learn Excel VBA is by exploring code samples & examples. That is why, we publish detailed examples, downloadable workbooks & full-length tutorials from time to time. In this page, you can find several Excel VBA examples. Click on any link to see the full example & get downloadable workbook. This Excel VBA Tutorial provides an introduction to Excel VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). Once you have mastered the VBA programming language, you will be able to produce macros to automate almost any task in Excel, thereby saving hours of working time.

What are Macros?

They are a series of commands used to automate a repeated task. This can be run whenever the task must be performed.

How to access Macros

Click on the ‘View’ tab, at the end you’ll find the function ‘Macros’ arranged in the Macros group. Click the arrow under ‘Macros’ where you can manage your macro performances easily.

To edit a macro, click on the ‘Edit’ button, this will take you to the ‘Visual Basic Editor’ where you can easily modify the macro to do what you want.

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10 Useful Examples of Macros for Accounting:

1. Macro: Save All

Helpful for saving all open excel workbooks at once. It is advised to run this macro before running other macros or performing tasks that’s could potentially freeze Microsoft Excel.

Name this macro ‘SaveAll’

Example code:

2. Macro: Comments and Highlights

Helpful is you use a lot of comments and highlights while editing worksheets. Running this macro generates a new tab at the front of the worksheet with a listing of every cell with a comment or highlight in the workbook. Each cell reference is a hyperlink that leads directly to the cell with the comment/highlight. The summary tab lists the value within the cell and the text in the comment.

Additionally, there is an ‘Accept’ button that removes the highlight or deletes the comment from the chosen cell. Once all changes are accepted, the summary tab will be deleted.

NB: This macro only sets up to find certain highlights of yellow, but this can be modified.

3. Macro: Insert a Check Mark

Helpful for footing (Adding a column of numbers) trial balances, schedules and reconciliations. It is often common to put a check mark below the total to show the column total is accurate.

This macro will insert a red check mark in the active cell. Once this is added all you will be required to do is select the cell you want to check-mark in and run the macro. Name this macro ‘Checkmark’.

Example code:

4. Macro: Mail Workbook

Helpful to send a lot of excel files via email. Running this macro creates a new Microsoft Outlook email with the last saved version of the open workbook. The email, by default, will not be addressed by anyone, the subject will be the name of the workbook, and the body will be ‘See attached’. However, these settings can be customized.

Example code:

5. Macro: Copying the Sum of Selected Cells

Helpful in copying the sum of several cell in a spreadsheet. These cells can be scattered throughout the spreadsheet or all in the same row/column.

Once this macro is added you need to highlight the cells you want to sum, then run the macro, and then paste into the cell you want the sum in.

NB: This will just paste the value of the sum, not a sum() formula

Example code:

6. Macro: Open Calculator

Helpful to open a calculator.

Example code:

7. Macro: Refresh All Pivot Tables

Helpful to refresh all pivot tables in the whole workbook in a single shot.

Example code:

8. Macro: Multiply all the Values by a Number

Helpful if you have a list of numbers you want to have multiplied by a particular number. Select the range of cells you need and run the example code below. It will first ask you for the number with whom you want to multiply and then instantly multiply all the numbers in the range with it.

Example code:

9. Macro: Add a Number to all the Numbers in Range

Similar to multiplying, you can also add a number to all the numbers in a particular range.

Example code:

10. Macro: Remove Negative Signs

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Code that checks a selection and converts all the negative number into positive. Select a range and run the code.

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Example code: