We often copy/paste data, tables, and charts, from Excel to Word documents. In this post, we see how to automate that process with VBA macros. The code below copies a range with data in Excel, and pastes the content as a table in a Word document. The process can repeat or loop to copy various tables. The macro can be leveraged to copy other elements such as charts.
The cell right-click menu in Excel, also known as context menu, is a fast way to see and change properties of a cell or range in the worksheet. We can use VBA macros to add controls to that menu such as buttons that call a certain macro or run a function. This macro example targets the CommandBar object in order to add a button to the cell menu that runs a particular macro. We can add more buttons to the menu, or other controls such as sub-menus (popup control). Buttons can have a custom icon using the property FaceId. Find the list of icons available in Microsoft Office in this other page: Command Bar Button FaceId
This is an UPDATE to a previous post where we saw how to insert pictures from Google Drive in Excel using VBA macros. The method explained before needs a slight change to continue working. That change consists of inserting the picture from Google Drive into a shape previously added to the Excel worksheet, instead of adding the picture directly to a range or cell. The macro requires access to the same Google Drive export view URL link including the picture sharing ID described in the previous article.
In a previous post we learnt to import data from Google Sheets using a web query in Excel (Import Data From Google Sheets). We can actually create a web query in Excel either manually or with a simple VBA macro. In this post we see another method to import data from Google Sheets that allows getting specific rows, columns, and cells or values depending on certain criteria. In this other method, we send a HTTP request to the Google spreadsheet URL to get the data, and then we loop through the HTML response table to extract the values of interest according to a chosen criterion.
In this post we see how to unhide all sheets and cells in Excel using VBA macros. The macro loops through each worksheet in the workbook to make any hidden or very hidden worksheet visible. At the same time and while in the loop, it also unhides all rows and columns, which subsequently unhides all the cells in that worksheet.
In this post we learn to separate words and numbers within cells in Excel using VBA macros. The macro splits the value in a cell into parts separated by a space (parts can be letters, words, numbers, etc). We can easily adapt the macro to separate the value by other character (a comma, a semi-colon, etc). In this particular example, we will get the keyword in that cell in one column, a number (if any) in another column, and a date (if any) in a third column. The keyword can be based on a reference value or list of values, but in this case, we will just get the longest word in the sentence, assuming that’s the keyword in that sentence. If there is more than one number (or more than one date), the macro gets the last one. That can be easily changed as needed to get a number or date in a particular position.
In this post we see how to delete rows based on given criteria in Excel using VBA macros. The macro loops through each row with content in the worksheet, and checks if certain criteria for one or more fields is met to delete the row. The criteria can be any value along with the relational operators of the If statement. For example, that could be when the value is below a certain price, or when the profit is above a certain margin. It can also check for specific text, a string of certain length, etc. In the below example, we delete rows for products with a volume below 700 ml or price above 1000 (of the given currency) in the dataset.
In this post we learn how to upload or export data from Excel to Google Sheets using VBA macros. The macro sends a HTTP request to POST the data through a Google Form into the Google spreadsheet. For that reason, we need to add the Microsoft XML 6.0 library to the VBA project. Another thing we need to do is to link the recipient Google spreadsheet to a Google Form, which needs to have as many fields as data columns to be exported from Excel. Additional details about the Google Form response URL can be found in this other article (Excel Data Export To Google Sheets).
In this post we see how to consolidate filtered data from multiple sheets into separate sheets for each unique entry using Excel VBA macros. The macro loops through each worksheet and filters each unique entry in column A, then adds a new sheet for each unique entry to copy/paste the data. It is a modification of a previous macro (Copy Filtered Data To New Sheets), that allows to combine data from various sheets.
In this post we learn how to combine all the Excel files in a given folder using VBA macros. The macro triggers a dialog box to select a folder from the local drive, and then loops through the workbooks in that folder to copy the contents to the recipient workbook. That includes all the worksheets in each of the workbooks within the target folder. Use the code below to combine all Excel files in a folder into one single workbook.
In this post we see how to copy each column with data to a separate worksheet in Excel using VBA macros. This is useful when dealing with many columns that need to be moved to other sheets to have a separate record for the data in each column or maybe do some further analysis or report. The macro loops through each column in the reference worksheet and creates a new sheet with the name of the column header, while copying the rest of the data to the first column in that new sheet. The macro also sets a different tab color for each new sheet.
In this post we learn to stack or combine multiple columns into a single column in Excel using VBA macros. Depending on the scenario, that’s something you can probably do without macros, but in some cases, and especially when dealing with a lot of data, is more convenient, faster, and more secure to do it with macros. This is a simple macro to stack the selected columns into one column either in the same or a different worksheet. The macro can easily be adapted to stack the columns skipping the headers by changing just one line of code (see more in the explanation below).
In this post we see how to strikethrough the text in a cell in Excel using VBA macros. The macro example consists of an event procedure triggered when trying to delete the content of a cell. It actually prevents deleting the value of a cell and strikes through the content instead. This somehow protects the content in a worksheet from being deleted, without using worksheet protection, and may be useful when sharing a worksheet with other users.
WARNING: The code below prevents from selecting multiple cells and deleting the value of cells in the sheet where the VBA code is added.
In the previous post we have seen how to connect to a web API in Excel using VBA macros. In this post we see how to read the API JSON response in Excel and retrieve the data of interest. In this macro example, the data is the list of universities for a given country. The web API is public and does not require any API key to be used. There are different ways to read a JSON file in Excel. We will use a simple method of string manipulation to get the name of each university for a given country.
In this post we learn how to get data from a web API in Excel using VBA macros. As an example, we are getting data form a public API with information about universities around the world. This API does not require any API key to be used, and consists of a simple URL that accepts a single parameter to specify the country of interest. The Excel VBA macro code to send an API call and retrieve information or data from the API consists of two steps. In this post we will cover the first step, which consists of sending an HTTP request to the API URL, in a similar way we have done to scrape web data in a previous post (Scrape Web Data in Excel Part 1). In the next post we will see how to read the API response returned as JSON format, and retrieve the list of universities for a given country.
In a previous post we have seen how to sort text or words inside a single cell in the Excel worksheet using VBA macros. But that approach worked only with a list of unique values. In this post, we see how to sort the elements in the array created from the cell content, regardless whether that content has unique or repeated values. In both cases, the Split VBA function is used to convert the text or values into an array of elements. In this example, the elements are words separated by a space, but the same method can be used for values separated by a comma, semicolon, or a line break, as in the second scenario of the previous post.
In this post we see how to sort the text or words inside a single cell in the Excel worksheet using VBA macros. This may come handy when dealing with a bunch of text imported or scraped (also copy/pasted) into a single cell, which we may need to sort or handle in some way. The process consists of converting the text into an array that allows to count the number of words, sort the words in alphabetical order, and do other manipulations of the text such as extracting the words into a range of cells. The macro example below is used to sort the text inside a cell alphabetically. The instructions underneath explain how to perform other actions. Another option is to sort elements in the array itself - see this other post.
In the previous post we have seen how to send an HTTP request to get web data as text (Part 1). In this post we see how to process the response into the body of a html document to target the data of interest (Part 2). We need to add the Microsoft HTML Object Library to the references in order to manipulate the response as a html document. Then we need to target and get the elements with the information we are after. In this particular example, that’s the job title, company, location, etc. Despite the macro is entirely written with Excel VBA, basic HTML/web programming skills are required to understand the whole process.
In this post we learn how to send a HTTP request to scrape and import web data into Excel using VBA macros. As an example, we are getting data form a jobs portal, which contains public data that anyone can see on the browser with no login needed. The process consists of two steps. In this post, we will see the first step, which consists of sending a HTTP request to get the web page contents as text. In the next post we will see how to process the HTTP response into the body of a HTML document in order to target the data of interest.
In this post we see how to group cells or rows with the same format in Excel using VBA macros. Grouping cells or rows in Microsoft Excel is quite helpful when dealing with lots of data arranged in categories, phases, etc., which we may need to monitor or keep updating regularly. Then, we can collapse groups when complete or when not relevant at a given time, thus making space and setting focus on the target data. The Excel VBA macro loops through the dataset, and groups rows based on the format, specifically, the example below groups rows sharing the same category or headers with bold text. That can be changed to any other format condition such as font size, color, etc.
