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Excel 2007 Macro Tutorial

Friday March 20, 2009
When you find yourself repeatedly performing the same actions or tasks in a spreadsheet, it might be time for you to create a macro.

A macro is a recording of each command and action you perform to complete a task. Then, whenever you need to carry out that task in a spreadsheet, you just run the macro instead.

Complex macros are usually created in Excel with the Macro editor. Simpler macros can, however, be created using the Excel macro recorder.

To find out how to create a macro using the macro recorder in Excel 2007, read the step by step Excel 2007 Macro Tutorial.

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August 2, 2008 at 7:44 pm
(1) beaultylype says:

Thank you

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