Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated April 29, 2023)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, and Excel in Microsoft 365
Bryan has an Excel workbook that is shared in his office. He created the workbook and set the default font, but someone is changing the font. Bryan wonders if he can force the font to his desired font when the workbook is closed.
An easy way to do this is to use the BeforeClose event handler for the workbook. You can have the handler step through each of the worksheets and set the font for all the cells in this manner:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim s As Worksheet
For Each s In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets
s.Cells.Font.Name = "Calibri"
Next
End Sub
This sets the font to Calibri, but you can change the font name, as necessary. If you need to change other font characteristics, you can modify the event handler to do so:
Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim s As Worksheet
For Each s In ActiveWorkbook.Sheets
With s.Cells.Font
.Name = "Calibri"
.Size = 10
End With
Next
End Sub
You'll want to be careful, though, changing too many font characteristics, as you may end up getting rid of some you want to keep, such as bold or italic.
Remember that these macros should be added to the ThisWorkbook object in the Visual Basic Editor.
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