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Introduction When closing a UserForm in VBA, there are two similar methods: the Unload statement and the .Hide method. While both result in the form disappearing from the screen, there is a distinct difference in how they handle memory a...

When organizing data, a common scenario involves extracting only necessary data using Excel's AutoFilter function and then deleting all other rows that were hidden by the filter. Performing this manually is difficult, but VBA can automat...

Sending documents created in Word to the same recipients via email is a standard task. Automating this repetitive work with VBA significantly reduces operation time. This article introduces a method to create a macro that, when executed ...

Introduction When executing VBA macros, especially loop processes that manipulate many cells, you may have experienced slow performance or a flickering screen. The cause is that Excel dutifully redraws the screen for every single operati...

When highlighting cells containing specific keywords in Excel, using Filters or Conditional Formatting is common. However, using VBA allows for the automation of batch coloring processes. This article introduces a concise and powerful VB...

In data analysis, comparing two lists—such as "Last Month's Customer List" and "This Month's Customer List"—to extract only the customers present in both is a frequent task. This is the process of finding the "intersection" of two datase...

When pasting Excel charts into PowerPoint presentation materials, there are often scenarios where you want to freely control the placement of the graph using VBA. This article introduces how to use VBA to place a graph pasted into PowerP...

Introduction In VBA, as the scale of a project grows, code is often managed by splitting it into different standard modules based on functionality. In such cases, there is a possibility of accidentally defining macros (procedures) with t...

Introduction In this article, I will explain how to determine whether the 3rd character of a string is an alphabet letter or a number using VBA. Background I encountered a case where strings contained a mix of alphabets, numbers, and sym...

Background When visualizing data using multiple scatter plots in Excel, manually adjusting the line thickness for each chart individually can be tedious. It is often desirable to change the line thickness dynamically. This article introd...

Overview In Excel, line breaks (created via Alt + Enter) or special characters contained within cells can cause visual discrepancies or processing errors. While manual removal is tedious, VBA allows for batch deletion. This article intro...

Introduction By default, VBA UserForms have a fixed window size and only a "Close" button in the title bar. However, allowing users to freely change the size according to the amount of data displayed, or temporarily minimize the form to ...

Overview When creating reports in Excel, manually adjusting chart ranges every time the data volume increases or decreases is tedious. By utilizing the VBA SetSourceData method, you can update the specified cell range with a single click...

In Excel VBA, you can directly input (assign) values to cells or cell ranges. Writing values to specific cells is a frequently used operation for initializing forms or as part of data processing. This article introduces how to assign val...

Introduction When creating UserForms in VBA, optimizing the display position and size based on the user's screen size is often necessary. For example, centering a form according to the screen resolution or adjusting a window so it does n...

Introduction Have you ever wanted to know how often a shared Excel file is actually viewed? For example, it would be useful to know if "profile" or "guideline" files—which often exist just for the sake of formality—are actually being ope...

There are many situations where large amounts of processing results calculated or processed in VBA macros need to be written to a worksheet. If you use a For loop to write values one cell at a time, the processing speed becomes extremely...

Introduction In VBA UserForms, there are frequent scenarios where specific processing needs to be executed the moment a checkbox is toggled on or off. A common example is interactive behavior, such as "enabling a text box for detailed in...

Introduction In VBA error handling, On Error GoTo jumps to a specific label regardless of the error, which can make it difficult to implement fine-grained responses based on the error type. On the other hand, On Error Resume Next simply ...

Have you ever faced a situation where you need to compare a "Member List" and an "Event Attendee List" to find "Members who did not attend the event"? This task involves comparing two lists to find the "difference" data that exists only ...

Introduction When you launch other applications from a VBA macro using the Shell function or manipulate applications that are already open, the target window may sometimes be hidden behind other windows. In such cases, you can use the Wi...

When saving files to a specific folder or reading files from a folder using VBA macros, if the target folder does not exist, an error will occur, and the macro will stop. To prevent such errors, it is a golden rule to include a process t...

Background When creating tools using UserForms in Excel, I was bothered by the fact that the form remained on the screen even after the program was executed. It looked cluttered, and I wanted to close the form to clearly indicate that th...

Introduction When creating an operation panel using a UserForm in VBA, you will inevitably encounter situations where you want to "execute a main process written in a standard module when a button on the form is clicked." For example, yo...

Introduction Since XML data has a hierarchical structure, using XPath (XML Path Language) is very effective for pinpointing and retrieving specific information. In Excel VBA, by using MSXML2.DOMDocument combined with XPath expressions, y...

In business, there are many situations where you need to know "how many business days later" something is, rather than just simple calendar days. For example, if you want to count the duration of a project excluding weekends and public h...

When managing schedules or logs in Word tables, you often need to delete rows containing dates that have already passed. This article introduces a VBA code snippet that automatically deletes rows with dates earlier than "today." Goal Tar...

Introduction While you can execute Command Prompt commands from VBA using the Shell function, there are times when you want to receive the execution result (text displayed on the screen) as a VBA variable to use within your program. Exam...

Introduction In VBA UserForms, labels play a crucial role not just as static text, but as tool titles or status messages conveying processing results. While label formatting is typically set in the Properties window, changing it dynamica...

Introduction When processing data in Excel, you often encounter situations where you need to "delete rows that contain blank cells." Deleting them manually one by one is time-consuming, but combining VBA's SpecialCells and EntireRow allo...