Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: Adding Buttons to Your Worksheet.
Probably the most commonly created control object for worksheets is the lowly button. This is because the most common use of buttons is to run macros which you have associated with a workbook. You can insert buttons in your worksheet by use of the Button tool. Follow these steps:
Excel immediately displays the Assign Macro dialog box, offering you the opportunity to assign a macro to the button. Notice that the dialog box presents a list of previously defined macros, along with a suggested name for the macro to be assigned to this button. The suggested name is comprised of the default name of the button itself (something like Button1) combined with the action that will start the macro (Click). This macro name (Button1_Click) will appear very familiar to people that have programmed in Visual Basic before, since it conforms to the standard way of naming event handlers. (Event handlers are nothing but programming code designed to handle a specific event, such as an object—like a button—being clicked with the mouse.)
To complete your work with the Assign Macro dialog box, select a macro you want assigned to this new button and then click on OK. You can then change the title appearing on the button by clicking your mouse within the button text and entering a new title.
Once the button is finished in this manner, the macro associated with this button will be run whenever anyone clicks on it with the left mouse button. If you use the right mouse button instead, you will see a menu that allows you to delete the button or change the macro assigned to the button.
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2020-05-13 16:12:37
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This saves the ribbon within the workbook so it can be shared and will work for anyone.
2018-09-11 13:31:56
Cool tip! Thanks!
2018-06-12 05:02:59
Willy Vanhaelen
@Dale
Private Sub ALL_Click()
Call ADA_Click
Call ARDR_Click
Call BAT_Click
' etc...
End Sub
Assign this macro to a "Run All" button and you are done.
2018-06-11 20:01:38
Dale
i followed your instructions above. Now I have 27 buttons that do the same thing of copying rows based on specified criteria. All of them work correctly. Is there a way to have one button that runs all of the others at once when I I click on it. The following is part of my code. Sorry I have no idea of what I am talking about.
Private Sub ADA_Click()
a = Worksheets("DATA").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To a
If Worksheets("DATA").Cells(i, 2).Value = "BTC-ADA" Then
Worksheets("DATA").Rows(i).Copy
Worksheets("ADA").Activate
b = Worksheets("ADA").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Worksheets("ADA").Cells(b + 1, 1).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Worksheets("DATA").Activate
End If
Next
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("DATA").Cells(1, 1).Select
End Sub
Private Sub ARDR_Click()
a = Worksheets("DATA").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To a
If Worksheets("DATA").Cells(i, 2).Value = "BTC-ARDR" Then
Worksheets("DATA").Rows(i).Copy
Worksheets("ARDR").Activate
b = Worksheets("ARDR").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Worksheets("ARDR").Cells(b + 1, 1).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Worksheets("DATA").Activate
End If
Next
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("DATA").Cells(1, 1).Select
End Sub
Private Sub BAT_Click()
a = Worksheets("DATA").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To a
If Worksheets("DATA").Cells(i, 2).Value = "BTC-BAT" Then
Worksheets("DATA").Rows(i).Copy
Worksheets("BAT").Activate
b = Worksheets("BAT").Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Worksheets("BAT").Cells(b + 1, 1).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Worksheets("DATA").Activate
End If
Next
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("DATA").Cells(1, 1).Select
End Sub
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This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Excel in Office 365. If you are using an earlier version (Excel 2003 or earlier), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for earlier versions of Excel, click here: 
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