How to save custom functions and macros to an Add-In
Macros and custom functions are great, they can automate many tedious tasks. To have them available whenever you need them, save user defined functions and macros to a personal add-in.
When you open a new excel spreadsheet, these functions and macros are ready to be used.
How to quickly create an empty Add-in for Excel 2007 and later versions
- Save a blank workbook as a Excel Add-In (*.xlam) in your Add-In folder.
I named it MyAddIn.xlam. - Click Office button.
- Click "Excel options" button.
- Click "Add-Ins" tab.
- Select Excel Add-ins.
- Click "Go..." button.
- Click "Browse.." button.
- Select MyAddIn.xlam.
- Click OK.
- Make sure MyAddIn is enabled in Add-In Manager.
- Click OK.
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Add custom functions to your personal add-in
- Click "Developer" tab on the ribbon.
- Double click on Myfunctions.xlam in project window.
- Click "Insert" tab.
- Click Module.
- Copy and paste custom functions and macros to code window.
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How to use custom functions in an Add-In
- Select a cell.
- Type the custom function name in formula bar. Press Enter.
If you don´t know the name of your custom function, continue to step 3. - Click "Insert Function" button.
- Select category "User Defined".
- Select your custom function.
- Click OK.
How to use macros in an Add-In
- Click "Developer" tab.
- Click Macros button.
- Type the name of your macro.
- Click "Run" button
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Having lost my macros a number of times using Excel 2010, I have discovered that Personal.xlam is NOT saved on exit even if changes have been made! You must remember to save it manually or lose all your hard work. Does anyone know how to FORCE a save if the file is "dirty"?
[…] can find instructions to do this in many places. A quick search revealed this site which also includes pictures; at step 5 in their “Add custom functions to your personal add-in” […]
I've made very bad experience with your approach and thus ended up with a Workbook with all the macros (I call them services) which includes a test environment for a regression test etc. Whenever I've changed something in this Workbook I 'Setup/Renee' the Addin. This is not just saving it as Addin but is a much more complex process. It has to be considered that the Addin is open and referenced by other open Workbooks. And last but not least these two instances - which only differ by their extension (xlsb versus xlam) have to be considered when the Workbook is opened.