Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 12, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Microsoft 365
People generally create macros because they intend to use them. (Makes sense, right?) If you have a macro that you need to use quite often, you may want to add it to the Quick Access Toolbar where it can be invoked easily. Just follow these steps if you are using Excel 2007:
The steps are slightly different if you are using Excel 2010 or a later version:
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2018-07-30 07:23:12
Jonathan Ayres
The dialog can also be accessed from the QA Toolbar itself using the customise button at the right hand end of the bar and selecting More Commands...
2018-07-29 16:03:37
Morrs Manning
Quick Access is useful but has several limitations that I wish Microsoft would address. (1) Give users access to a much larger library of icons and/or put a button editor back in Excel and the other office programs. (2) Put more color contrast into the coloration of icons. (3) Give the option to make Quick Access icons larger without changing the screen resolution.
The number of QA icons tends to grow. One way to reduce the number of Icons is to move as many as possible to a custom Ribbon Tab. For example, I have created a Tab called Table Mgmt with virtually every functionality provided by Excel plus my custom macros used for tables, data ranges and data management...all in one place. I have a similar Tab on my Word Ribbon. I can accomplish at least 75% to 80% of my work in this one tab.
2018-07-29 00:45:29
Philip
A lost functionality (at least I can’t find it anymore) is to make your own button icons and add these to a custom ribbon,. What are the possibilities to do that ? (On Office 365 for Mac) ...
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