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"Marching ants" around copied cell
Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured.Riccol;186154 Wrote: I've never used a Macro before. The spreadsheets I make are mostly just invoices and ledger stuff for my small (very small) business, no real complicated formulas or anything, thus I've never tried learning about Macros. So the codes posted to kill the ants are greek to me, I don't even know where I'm supposed to type them. But I'd like to learn what to do with them if anyone has the time to explain it. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. RC T. Valko wrote: I use the "Ant_Killer" method! To the OP: Do you use macros for anything and if so do you have any of them stored in a file called Personal.xls? -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and
report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. |
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The macros provided by Biff and myself are just manually run macros and
should be copied into a General/Standard module, not event type code which would go into Thisworkbook or a worksheet module. If you're not familiar with VBA and macros, see David McRitchie's site for more on "getting started". http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm or Ron de De Bruin's site on where to store macros. http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm In the meantime.......... First...create a backup copy of your original workbook. To create a General Module, hit ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor. Hit CRTL + r to open Project Explorer. Find your workbook/project and select it. Right-click and InsertModule. Paste the code in there. Save the workbook and hit ALT + Q to return to your workbook. Run or edit the macro by going to ToolMacroMacros. You can also assign this macro to a button or a shortcut key combo. I would recommend not using the SendKeys macro.........SendKeys can be a little flaky. I've never noticed but better safe than sorry. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:09:14 -0500, Riccol wrote: I've never used a Macro before. The spreadsheets I make are mostly just invoices and ledger stuff for my small (very small) business, no real complicated formulas or anything, thus I've never tried learning about Macros. So the codes posted to kill the ants are greek to me, I don't even know where I'm supposed to type them. But I'd like to learn what to do with them if anyone has the time to explain it. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. RC T. Valko wrote: I use the "Ant_Killer" method! To the OP: Do you use macros for anything and if so do you have any of them stored in a file called Personal.xls? |
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The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in
which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. |
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Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?T. Valko;186308 Wrote: The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?
??? I'm not following you. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?T. Valko;186308 Wrote: The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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Sorry!, i meant if the code was stored in the ThisWorkbook module of PERSONAL.xls would it not then affect every workbook opened?T. Valko;186343 Wrote: Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls? ??? I'm not following you. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?T. Valko;186308 Wrote: The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1) View this thread: '\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724) -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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Doesn't work that way for me. It only works in the Personal.xls file.
-- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Sorry!, i meant if the code was stored in the ThisWorkbook module of PERSONAL.xls would it not then affect every workbook opened?T. Valko;186343 Wrote: Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls? ??? I'm not following you. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?T. Valko;186308 Wrote: The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1) View this thread: '\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724) -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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I hadn't tried it, i thought that all code stored in the PERSONAL.xls was available in each workbook you open. This may be crude but how about putting that Thisworkbook code in the .xlb file? as this is the base file that excel references when starting (or at least thats what i presume) wouldn't every workbook you open already be populated with that code? T. Valko;186952 Wrote: Doesn't work that way for me. It only works in the Personal.xls file. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Sorry!, i meant if the code was stored in the ThisWorkbook module of PERSONAL.xls would it not then affect every workbook opened?T. Valko;186343 Wrote: Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls? ??? I'm not following you. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?T. Valko;186308 Wrote: The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com))) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' ('The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1)) View this thread: '\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' ('\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=50724)) -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1) View this thread: '\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724) -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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The *.xlb file is a file that stores information about toolbars and menus.
What you could do is create a new default book.xlt template and put the code in there. Save the book.xlt file in the Excel startup directory. Then every *new file* will have the code available but already existing files won't have it. Eh, that doesn't sound too "cool"! I'm sure you'd want to have this available to *every* file. The only way I know how to do that is what I've done and create a toolbar button and attach the macro. It's more of an "ergonomics" issue with me. It's easier to use the mouse to click the button then to have to look away to the keyboard and "find" the ESC key! -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... I hadn't tried it, i thought that all code stored in the PERSONAL.xls was available in each workbook you open. This may be crude but how about putting that Thisworkbook code in the .xlb file? as this is the base file that excel references when starting (or at least thats what i presume) wouldn't every workbook you open already be populated with that code? T. Valko;186952 Wrote: Doesn't work that way for me. It only works in the Personal.xls file. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Sorry!, i meant if the code was stored in the ThisWorkbook module of PERSONAL.xls would it not then affect every workbook opened?T. Valko;186343 Wrote: Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls? ??? I'm not following you. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Simon Lloyd" wrote in message ... Would that be the same if the code was saved in PERSONAL.xls?T. Valko;186308 Wrote: The method that Simon is describing can only be used in the workbook in which you place the code. The method I use (which takes more work to setup) can be used in any workbook. -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Riccol" wrote in message ... Thanks, Simon. I'm going to tackle your instructions in the AM and report back after. (Your method sounds especially good as you say it kills the ants immediately after pasting.) RC Simon Lloyd wrote: Press and hold Alt & F11, the VBE (visual basic editor) will open, on the left you will see a list of your worksheets and on called ThisWorkbook, they are all code modules, double click the Thisworkbook and paste the code i gave. If you are ever given code for a standard module then use Alt+F11 as before and instead of double clicking Thisworkbook, right click in that area, choose Insert and then choose Module, then you can paste your code in there. The best way to learn is to record a macro while you are doing a task and then go back and take a look at the generated code, it's true to say that you will see a lot of code that is excess to requirements but it will give you a basic idea on how things are structured. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com))) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' ('The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1)) View this thread: '\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' ('\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=50724)) -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' ('The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 'The Code Cage Forums - View Profile: Simon Lloyd' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1) View this thread: '\"Marching ants\" around copied cell - The Code Cage Forums' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724) -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'The Code Cage' (http://www.thecodecage.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=50724 |
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