Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 1: How To Access
The Excel Range And Show The Value Using Message Box
While automating most of the Excel Tasks, we need to read the data from Excel spread sheet range
and perform some calculations. This example will show you how to read the data from a worksheet
range.
'Example 1: How To Access The Excel Range And Show The Value Using Message Box
Sub sbExample1()
'It will display the A5 value in the message Box
MsgBox Range("A5")
'You can also use Cell Object to refer A5 as shwon below:
MsgBox Cells(5, 1) 'Here 5 is Row number and 1 is Column number
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 2: How To Enter
Data into a Cell
After performing some calculations using VBA, we generally write the results into worksheet ranges.
This example will show you how to write the data from VBA to Spread sheet range or cell.
'Example 2: How To Enter Data into a Cell
Sub sbExample2()
'It will enter the data into B5
Range("B5") = "Hello World! using Range"
'You can also use Cell Object as shwon below B6:
Cells(6, 2) = "Hello World! using Cell" 'Here 6 is Row number and 2 is Column number
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 3: How To
Change The Background Color Of A Particular Range
The following example will help you in formatting a cell or range by changing the background color of
a range. We can use ColorIndex property of a Ranger Interior object to change the fill color of a range
or cell.
'Example 3: How To Change The Background Color Of A Particular Range
Sub sbExample3()
'You can set the background color using Interior.ColorIndex Property
Range("B1:B5").Interior.ColorIndex = 5 ' 5=Blue
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 4: How To
Change The Font Color And Font Size Of A Particular Range
You may need to change the font color of range or cell sometimes. We can differentiate or highlight the
cell values by changing the text color of range in the worksheet. The following method will use the font
ColorIndex property of a range to change the font color.
'Example 4: How To Change The Font Color And Font Size Of A Particular Range
Sub sbExample4()
'You can set the background color using Interior.ColorIndex Property
Range("B1:B10").Font.ColorIndex = 3 ' 3=Red
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 5: How To
Change The Text To Upper Case Or Lower Case
This example will help you to change the text from lower case to upper case. We use UCase Function
to do this. If you wan tot change the text or string from upper case to lower case, we can use LCase
function.
'Example 5: How To Change The Text To Upper Case Or Lower Case
Sub sbExample5()
'You can use UCase function to change the text into Upper Case
Range("C2").Value = UCase(Range("C2").Value)
'You can use LCase function to change the text into Upper Case
Range("C3").Value = LCase(Range("C3").Value)
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 6: How To Copy
Data From One Range To Another Range
This example will help you to copy the data from one particular range to another range in a worksheet
using VBA.
'Example 6: How To Copy Data From One Range To Another Range
Sub sbExample6()
'You can use Copy method
Range("A1:D11").Copy Destination:=Range("H1")
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 7: How To Select
And Activate Worksheet
This example will help you to select one particular worksheet. To activate one particular sheet we can
use Activate method of a worksheet.
'Example 7: How To Select And Activate Worksheet
Sub sbExample7()
'You can use Select Method to select
Sheet2.Select
'You can use Acctivate Method to activate
Sheet1.Activate
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 8: How To Get
The Active Sheet Name And Workbook Name
We can use Name property of a active sheet to get the worksheet name. We can use name property of
active workbook to get the name of the active workbook.
'Example 8: How To Get The Active Sheet Name And Workbook Name
Sub sbExample8()
'You can use ActiveSheet.Name property to get the Active Sheet name
MsgBox ActiveSheet.Name
'You can use ActiveWorkbook.Name property to get the Active Workbook name
MsgBox ActiveWorkbook.Name
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 9: How To Add
New Worksheet And Rename A Worksheet and Delete Worksheet
We can Name property of worksheet to rename or change the worksheet name. We can use Add
method of worksheets to add a new worksheet. Use Delete method to delete a particular worksheet.
'Example 9: How To Add New Worksheet And Rename A Worksheet and Delete Worksheet
Sub sbExample9()
'You can use Add method of a worksheet
Sheets.Add
'You can use Name property of worksheet
ActiveSheet.Name = "Temporary Sheet"
'You can use Delete method of a worksheet
Sheets("Temporary Sheet").Delete
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 10: How To
Create New Workbook, Add Data, Save And Close The Workbook
The following examples will help you to adding some data, saving the file and closing the workbook
after saving the workbook.
'Example 10: How To Create New Workbook, Add Data, Save And Close The Workbook
Sub sbExample10()
'You can use Add method of a Workbooks
Workbooks.Add
'You can use refer parent and child object to access the range
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") = "Sample Data"
'It will save in the deafult folder, you can mention the full path as "c:\Temp\MyNewWorkbook.xls"
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs "MyNewWorkbook.xls"
ActiveWorkbook.Close
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 11: How To Hide
And Unhide Rows And Columns
We can use hidden property of rows or columns of worksheet to hide or unhide the rows or columns.
'Example 11: How To Hide And Unhide Rows And Columns
Sub sbExample11()
'You can use Hidden Propery of Rows
Rows("12:15").Hidden = True 'It will Hide the Rows 12 to 15
Rows("12:15").Hidden = False 'It will UnHide the Rows 12 to 15
'You can use Hidden Propery of Columns
Columns("E:G").Hidden = True 'It will Hide the Rows E to G
Columns("E:G").Hidden = False 'It will UnHide the Rows E to G
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 12: How To Insert
And Delete Rows And Columns
This example will show you how to insert or delete the rows and columns using VBA.
'Example 12: How To Insert And Delete Rows And Columns
Sub sbExample12()
'You can use Insert and Delete Properties of Rows
Rows(6).Insert 'It will insert a row at 6 row
Rows(6).Delete 'it will delete the row 6
'You can use Insert and Delete Properties of Columns
Columns("E").Insert 'it will insert the column at E
Columns("E").Delete 'it will delete the column E
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 13: How To Set
The Row Height And Column Width
We can set the row height or column width using VBA. The following example will show you how to do
this using VBA.
'Example 13: How To Set The Row Height And Column Width
Sub sbExample13()
'You can use Hidden Propery of Rows
Rows(12).RowHeight = 33
Columns(5).ColumnWidth = 35
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 14: How To Merge
and UnMerge Cells
Merge method of a range will help you to merge or unmerge the cell of range using VBA.
'Example 14: How To Merge and UnMerge Cells
Sub sbExample14()
'You can use Merge Property of range
Range("E1:E5").Merge
'You can use UnMerge Property of range
Range("E1:E5").UnMerge
End Sub
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 15: How To
Compare Two Values – A Simple Example On If Condition
When dealing with Excel VBA, often we compare the values. A Simple Example On If Condition will
help you to understand -How To Compare Two Values?
'Example 15:
'How To Compare Two Values – A Simple Example On If Condition
Sub sbExample15()
'A Simple Example On If Condition
'We will campare A2 and A3 value using If
If Range("A2").Value = Range("A3") Then
MsgBox "True"
Else
MsgBox "False"
End If
Excel VBA Macros for Beginners- Novice Example 16: How To Print
1000 Values – A Simple Example On For Loop
Another useful statement in VBA is For, helps to loop through the rows, columns or any number of
iteration. See the belwo example to understand the For loop:
'How To Print 1000 Values – A Simple Example On For Loop
'A Simple Example On For Loop
'We will print 1- 1000 integers in the Column E
For i = 1 To 1000
Cells(i, 5) = i 'here 5= column number of E
Next i
'showing status once it is printed the 1000 numbers
MsgBox "Done! Printed 1000 integers in Column E"
End Sub
