How to Save Personal Macro Workbook When MS Excel Is Open

ID: Q141576

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

When you make changes to your Personal Macro Workbook and then hide it again, you normally have to quit Microsoft Excel to save the changes you made. The sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in the "More Information" section of this article allows you to hide and save the changes made in your Personal Macro Workbook without exiting Microsoft Excel.

MORE INFORMATION

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The following Visual Basic macro allows you to hide and save the changes made in your Personal Macro Workbook.

To Create the Macro

Type the following into a Visual Basic module sheet in your Personal Macro Workbook:

   Sub HideAndSavePersonalMacroWorkbook()
      ' Hides the workbook.
      ThisWorkbook.Windows(1).Visible = False
      ' Saves the workbook after it is hidden.
      ThisWorkbook.Save
   End Sub

To Use the Macro

1. Select the Personal Macro Workbook.

2. To activate the macro, click Macro on the Tools menu, and run the

   HideAndSavePersonalMacroWorkbook macro.

   In Microsoft Excel 97, click Macros on the Tools menu, click
   HideAndSavePersonalMacroWorkbook, and then click Run.

   In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, point to Macro on the Tools 
   menu, and then click Macros. Click HideAndSavePersonalMacroWorkbook,    
   and then click Run.

This procedure hides the Personal Macro Workbook and then saves it in the folder (directory) to which it was saved previously. The Personal Macro Workbook is normally saved in the XLStart subdirectory of Microsoft Excel, or in the alternate startup directory (to set this directory, click Options on the Tools menu, and click the General tab). When you run this macro, you will not be prompted to save changes in your Personal Macro Workbook when you quit Microsoft Excel.

Additional query words: 5.00 7.00 8.00 XL97

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Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,7.0,97; MACINTOSH:5.0,98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 6, 1999