XL98: How to Add the Workbook Path to the Footer

ID: Q184507

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that adds the workbook path and file name to the footer of a worksheet.

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You can use the BeforePrint workbook event to run a Sub procedure that adds the current path and file name to the left footer of the active worksheet before the workbook is printed. The workbook must be saved before you can add any path information to the footer. To create the Sub Procedure in the active workbook, follow these steps:

1. With the workbook active, start the Visual Basic Editor (press

   OPTION+F11).

2. Click Project Explorer on the View menu to display the Project Explorer

   window.

3. In the Project Explorer window of Visual Basic Editor, double-click

   ThisWorkbook in the current project.

4. In the Object list for this module, click Workbook.

5. In the Procedure list for this module, click BeforePrint.

6. Enter the code so the Workbook_BeforePrint procedure resembles

   the following:

      Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)

          ActiveSheet.PageSetup.LeftFooter = ThisWorkbook.FullName

      End Sub

7. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."

Now when you print the workbook, the footer is automatically updated before the workbook is printed. Repeat these steps for each workbook that you wish this behavior to occur.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating footers, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   footers

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Create custom headers and footers" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

For more information about BeforePrint event, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "beforeprint," click Search, and then click to view "BeforePrint Event."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: XL98 vba XL98

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode xlvbahowto OffVBA 
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999