Macros are the timesaving magic trick for Office applications because they automate repetitive tasks that gobble time. This week’s feature, which spotlights Excel, is one of several articles featuring ...

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Microsoft Excel is full of little tricks and features that are designed to make it easier for you to set up and manage your spreadsheets. Though unlike formulas — which can be used to automatically ...

The Excel software allows you to use the VBA coding language to create macros and automated services. You can create a macro in the VBA editor to send an email and set a reminder. The reminder only ...

Microsoft Excel normally does not let users change the values of protected cells. To edit a protected cell, you must first remove its protected status. You can do this using either Excel's ribbon ...

Microsoft has disabled Excel 4.0 macros by default in the latest release of its spreadsheet software to help customers protect themselves against related security threats. That setting, released as an ...

Can Excel send Alerts? Yes, but with some limitations. Excel cannot email an alert to you automatically unless you write a macro in the Visual Basic (VBA) editor to perform this function. And, the ...

It is possible to create a macro in an Excel sheet that unlock the sheet which is already protected by a password. Users can easily prepare a document in the sheet and then lock it again with a ...

Microsoft has announced a significant security policy change, decreeing that users will soon no longer be able to activate VBA macros in certain documents from five of its most popular Office apps.