Question

I have a report that I run from a system once a week, and the data is exported into an excel document. I have set up the tool that exports the data to excel to do a decent job on formatting, but there is still more that I need to do once the data is in excel.

Is it possible to create a stand alone macro, save it in a Microsoft office folder and be able to call it after I open this file? I have written plenty of macros that are part of ONE given spreadsheet, but never tried one that was open to many spreadsheets.

IS it possible, and a starting direction of good resources of where I can learn how to achieve this goal? Thank you.

Answer 1

…and be able to call it after I open this file?…

You have 2 very good options

1) Write and save your macro to Personal file. See this link for more information

Topic: Deploy your Excel macros from a central file

Link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/deploy-your-excel-macros-from-a-central-file-HA001087296.aspx

Quote from the above link:

Have you ever wanted to use that really handy macro in all of your Excel worksheets? You can. This column explains how to place your macros in a file called personal.xls and make them available each time you start Excel.

2) Create an Add-In

Topic: Creating an Excel Add-in

Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140936%28v=office.10%29.aspx

Quote from the above link:

You create a Microsoft® Excel add-in by creating a workbook, adding code and custom toolbars and menu items to it, and saving it as an Excel add-in file.