How to Save a Macro for All Workbooks in Excel (Easy Steps)

Step 1 – Opening the Developer Tab in Excel

• Open an Excel workbook.
• Go to the Developer tab.  If it’s hidden, follow these steps to unhide it.

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Step 2 – Starting Macro Recording

• Click the Record Macro button in the Developer tab.

• In the Record Macro dialog, name your macro (default is Macro1).
• Choose Personal Macro Workbook from the “tore macro in checkbox and click OK.

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Step 3 – Stopping Macro Recording

• Once you click OK, the macro recording starts.
• Click the Stop Recording button (same position as Record Macro) to stop recording.

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Step 4 – Opening Visual Basic Editor to View the Macro

• Press ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic window.
• In the right pane, find the Module1 macro under VBAProject (PERSONAL.xlsb).

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Step 5 – Inserting Necessary Code 

• The inside of the macro is empty.
• Insert your VBA code within it (between Sub Macro1 and End Sub).

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Step 6 – Closing and Saving the Macro

• Close the workbook.
• When prompted, save the PERSONAL.xlsb file.

So, you are done. You have saved the Macro successfully for all the workbooks on your computer.

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Step 7 – Saving the Macro for All Workbooks in Excel

• Open any Excel file on your computer, whether it’s an existing workbook or a new one.
• Press ALT + F11 on your keyboard to open the Visual Basic window.
• Look for the Macro under the VBAProject (PERSONAL.xlsb) section in the right pane. It will be available in all the workbooks on your computer.

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Things to Remember

What you’ve actually done is create a new Microsoft Excel Binary File called PERSONAL.xlsb on your computer. If you want to remove it from the Visual Basic pane, simply locate the file on your computer and delete it. Most of the time, you’ll find it in the directory C:\Users\ABFA Computers\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART.

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