Select the macro that you to see the code and then click the button called as “Step into”.
How to view excel macro source code?īasically you can view the code in excel macro using following three methods. In addition, you can extract and combine together source codes from simple macros to build more complex macro programs like data entry dashboards, automation of routine tasks etc. You will be able to fine tune your recorded macro in excel to improve it functionality, improve its execution speed by removing unwanted commands, modify the macro to get different outcome and add new commands. Why do you need to view the code in excel macr You can build simple macros for tasks like highlighting the selected cell texts to more advanced programs for automatic chart generation, data analyzing, report generation and printing, interact with other Ms Office programs such as Access, word, Outlook etc. Codes for excel macros are written in the programming language called as “Visual Basic for Applications” or commonly knows “VBA”.