Add your personal Excel Macros to the ribbon
If you find yourself using the same macros over and over again, you can create a personal *.xlsb file that opens every time you start excel. You need excel 2010 or a later version for this tutorial.
Create a personal *.xlsb file
- Create a new workbook (CTRL + n)
- Go to VB Editor (Alt + F11)
- Insert a module
- Copy macros to module
- Exit VB Editor and return to excel
- Save workbook as a *.xlsb file to this folder:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART - Exit excel
- Start excel
- Your personal.xlsb file opens automatically
- Go to tab "View" on the ribbon
- Click "Hide" button
- Exit excel
The next time you start excel, a new workbook is created. The personal.xlsb opens but is hidden.
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Link macro to excel 2010 ribbon
Excel 2010 allows you to customize the ribbon and link your personal macros to a button each. So you can quickly and easily access your favorite macros.
- Go to "File" on the ribbon
- Click "Options"
- Click "Customize Ribbon"
- Click "New tab"
- Rename new tab
- Select macros from drop down list
- Select a macro
- Click "Add"
- Click "Rename"
- Pick an icon and type a name
- Click OK
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Example macros to save in your personal.xlsb file
- Remove print preview lines (Page Breaks)
- Create links to all sheets in a workbook
- Insert hyperlinks to all files in current folder
- Follow hyperlinks in a pivot table
- Select cell A1 on all sheets before you close a workbook
- List files in a folder and subfolders
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I’ve got my two macro’s placed up on my ribbon, each with a nice icon, and each calls up a user form. When it work, it works great. Then, mysteriously, it started disabling itself whenever I selected a different workbook, and then switched back. Message appears that the macro’s aren’t enabled, or some such. After lots of frustration, I randomly discover that if I called up one of the macros manually, within the Developer/Macros/ option, the two ribbon icons were now functional again. They work dependably until I leave the workbook and return again. Any idea of a permanent fix for this? Thanks so much,
Steve
Interesting theory
Doesn't work
Put the file WHERE?!
How can I save it and send to other people?
Thuan Ha,
It seems that you can't create a custom ribbon programmatically:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8850836/how-to-add-a-custom-ribbon-tab-using-vba
https://www.excelfox.com/forum/showthread.php/105-Add-ribbon-programmatically-to-Excel-2010-using-VBA