Chapter 1: Building and Running Macros
In This Chapter
Understanding how macros do what they do
Recording macros for instant playback
Using the relative option when recording macros
Running the macros youâve recorded
Changing the macro security settings
Assigning your macros to the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
Macros enable you to automate almost any task that you can undertake in Excel 2013. By using Excelâs macro recorder to record tasks that you perform routinely, you not only speed up the procedure considerably (because Excel can play back your keystrokes and mouse actions much faster than you can perform them manually), but you are also assured that each step in the task is carried out the same way each and every time you perform the task.
Excelâs macro recorder records all the commands and keystrokes that you make in a language called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), ...
