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Excel is a useful program for creating tables, graphs and making complicated calculations automatically. It might seem complicated at the beginning, but when you get to know Excel's features, the ...

Though Microsoft has backed off earlier plans to block unsafe macros in Excel documents, that change is still coming. Here's what to do now to stay secure. On July 8, Microsoft pulled back from its ...

Macros are small scripts you can use to automate many of the repetitive tasks involved in creating and editing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Macros help your business by saving you significant amounts ...

Q. I use an Excel workbook that contains 14 worksheets. A different number of copies of each worksheet must be printed, but the entire workbook must be printed in one step. Is there any way to do this ...

Microsoft Excel's implementation of Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA, helps you record or write macros that turn sequences of tasks and commands into pieces of one-click automation. Macros can ...

When it comes to executing actions and performing tasks, faster is always better. Learn two tricks that will make your Excel macros more efficient. Most of us use macros to automate processes that we ...

Microsoft will soon begin disabling Excel 4.0 XLM macros by default in Microsoft 365 tenants to protect customers from malicious documents. Excel 4.0 macros, or XLM macros, were first added to Excel ...

Microsoft has enabled runtime inspection of XLM macros in Microsoft Excel. The macro language is a legacy piece of technology from 1992 still used by some companies, but is under attack now. Excel 4.0 ...

Note: This book review was conducted as an audio interview of macros expert John Dukovich, by Phil Shapiro, using Audacity, the free sound recording and editing software. The review is available in ...