Macro in Microsoft Excel is a series of keystrokes that are stored as a single procedure. The process of creating this set of keystrokes is known as recording a macro. Whenever you need to perform the same task, you run a macro. It will then repeats all the keystrokes that you had saved. Thus Excel macros save you lot of efforts and also reduce the chances of errors.
Create a Macro in Microsoft Excel 2003
The steps to create an Excel macro are:
- Select the Record Macro options from the Tools menu.
- Select Record New Macro from the Record Macro sub-menu. The Record New Macro dialog box is displayed.
- Type a name for the macro in the name text box and provide a description in the description text box.
- Click on the options button to add additional features to it. The options for the record new macro dialog box is displayed. In this dialog box, you can select a shortcut key to run it. The shortcut key is combination of keys beginning with Ctrl key. To assign a shortcut key select the shortcut key check box. Press the keys that you assign as the shortcut key. For example, a shortcut key can be Ctrl + A or Ctrl + Shift + A. By default a macro is saved in current workbook.
- Click on OK button to begin recording a macro. Now every key that you press and every option that you select will be recorded in it.
- Click on the stop recording button after you have finished entering all the keystrokes. You can also stop recording by selecting the stop recording option from the record macro sub-menu.
Running of Excel Macros
- Select the macros option from the tools menu. The macros dialog box is displayed.
- Select the macro that you want to run from the list of the names.
- Click on the run button to execute it.
Here’s a presentation on creating macros in Excel 2003 step-by-step:
Microsoft Office 2003 Creating Macros
