The example file attached shows how to create events for charts. Here, I have created double click event for charts. The chart which is double-clicked is exported to PowerPoint. Download the example file and have a look for yourself. See the code in Thisworkbook and mod_PPT module. 

 Please see attached xl sheet to get an understanding of some simple message boxes. Feel free to let me know if you want something on other types of message boxes as well...will try and upload that...

Here is the code that's there in the sheet as well.

Option Explicit

Sub MsgInfo()

    MsgBox "This is a info msg", vbInformation, "Info Message"

End Sub

Sub MsgErr()

 This is the simple code to sort ListBox items alphabetically. Alternatively, you can download the file and test run it for yourself. Just pass the listbox object as function parameter.

Option Explicit

Sub SortListBox(lst As MSForms.ListBox)

    Dim arrItems            As Variant

    Dim arrTemp             As Variant

    Dim intOuter            As Long

 Here is the code to export all charts in a sheet to powerpoint. Just pass the worksheet object as function parameter and it will export all charts in it onto Powerpoint. Alternatively, you can also download the attached file and see how the code works.

Option Explicit

Function getPPPres() As PowerPoint.Presentation

    Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application

    'Reference instance of PowerPoint

    On Error Resume Next

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be powerful tools for making sense of information, but building a full system has, in the past, been an expensive and technically demanding process, reserved for large corporations or those with significant technical training. However, new tools--and old ones--are beginning to change that.

Often when using Excel, you want the ability to call a macro, but don't want to display a button. Adding Custom Options to Right Click Menu gives you this functionality. Create the data as in the first sheet of the attached xl file and copy the following code in Thisworkbook module. Right click to see that your menus appear in the right click menu list. There is also an option to specify whether to show 'Begin Group' separator line or not.

 There are two ways to get the creation date of a file...one using the filesystem object for any file (opened or not) and other is through workbook's buitin properties. Paste the following in a general module of a workbook test run it by running the ExecuteFunc procedure in the same module. Alternatively, you can download the attachment file.

  Following are some of the functions that you can frequently use to copy, move and rename your file from VBA. You can either copy the following code directly in a module or alternatively download the attached file. For renaming a file there are two methods given for this...Try this out!

 Below code can be used to find the starting position of a string in a text from start or can be used to search backward as well.

Code below returns the Starting position of Nth Instance of a string in a piece of text. Just paste the below code in the code module and run the 'TestIt' procedure. Alternatively download the attached file and run the same procedure from there from the module 'mod_NthInstance'.

Option Compare Text

Option Explicit

Function lngStartPosition(strSearchIn As String, strSearchString As String, lngInstance As Long)

Download the attached example file. Goto the module 'mod_OnKey' and run the procedure named 'Testit'.

Alternatively, paste the following code in any module and call it from anywhere in the workbook to set application onkey.

 Sub setAppOnkey(blnShiftKey As Boolean, blnCtrlKey As Boolean, blnAltKey As Boolean, strKey As String, strCallFunction As String, Optional blnSetNormal As Boolean)

    Dim strShift        As String

    Dim strCtrl         As String

Before adding a new sheet if you want to check if a sheet with the same name already exists then use the following function procedure. Download the attachment try the TestIt function in it in the module named 'mod_WorksheetExists'.

Paste the following code in a general module and use it from anywhere in the workbook.

 Function blnWorksheetExists(strWorksheet As String) As Boolean

    Dim wksWorksheet As Worksheet

    On Error Resume Next

    Set wksWorksheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(strWorksheet)

Function GetNthWord(strStringFrom As String, strSplitCharacter As String, intExctractWordNumber As Integer) As String
    On Error Resume Next
    GetNthWord = VBA.Split(strStringFrom, strSplitCharacter)(intExctractWordNumber - 1)
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        GetNthWord = ""
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
End Function

I am working daily on a worksheet with names and other personal information for clients such as identity numbers, physical as well as postal address and telephone numbers. Would you kindly help with formulas which I can use so that when I enter the client's reference number all the other details are automatically filled to another blank document

Hi please help me.

This is a generalised code for Excel VBA Data Validation. It can be used across sheets in a workbook.

Sub createValidation(rngValidation As Range, rngReference As Range)

    rngValidation.Validation.Delete

    rngValidation.ClearContents

    Dim strRefRange As String

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Excel Tips - Sort Columns (Excel 2007)

We all know how to sort rows, but did you also know that you can sort columns ?

Here's a screen shot of our data in Excel:

And here's what happens when we sort columns:

Excel Tips - Camera Tool (Excel 2007)

• This is an excellent time saving tip to get screen shots from Excel into outlook
• Use Camera Tool

I have the Camera Tool added to my custom toolbar. See this tip for more info on how to customise your toolbar.

Once you have the camera tool on your toolbar:

What can't be done in Excel ?

When I ask customers why they're not using Excel for more things, they often say to me: "Well, we'd like to do XXXX, but you can't do that in Excel can you ?"

Often, the answer is: "YES YOU CAN !"

So my question to all of you, is this:  What do you think can't be done in Excel ?

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Keyboard Shortcut To Open Excel

There's no actual pre-defined Keyboard Shortcut To Open Excel, but you can set your own one up.

Here's how:

Go:  Start => All Programs => Microsoft Office

Then Right click on the Excel entry, and select Properties

One of the most common use object is the Range object.

Normally, to refer a cell, we simply put the cell address into the range such as Range("A1"). Now, what is the simpliest way to refer to other cell like B1?

There are many ways to use the range object to refer to the cell from your starting cell. I find the simpliest way is the following: 

For example, if I want to refer to B1, I can simply write it as such:

Range("A1")(1,2).value or range("A1")(,2).value

This will return cell B1 value.

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Cause Of Big Excel Files

We've all been there happily developing our spreadsheet, and all of a sudden, the file size balloons.

Q: How did that happen ??!!

A: Most likely, it's uneven formatting that's causing the problem

With advanced filter in Excel using menu while trying to find out Unique, the limitation is that the destination range should be on the same sheet as the source. However, using VBA there is no such limitation. Using VBA the source and destination ranges in Advanced filter need not be on the same sheet.

In VBA, to Copy Values from range A1:A5 to B1 you will generally write

Sheet1.Range("A1:A5").Copy

Sheet1.Range("B1").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues

Another method:

write the following function in the code window 

Sub CopyValues(rngSource As Range, rngTarget As Range)

    rngTarget.Resize(rngSource.Rows.Count, rngSource.Columns.Count).Value = rngSource.Value

End Sub

Turn Off Autofilter

Turning off autofilter using VBA is easy and quick, but you need to know how it's done.

Here's some code to toggle the autofilter on and off:

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Convert Text To a Number using VBA

 - use: EVALUATE()

Here's a step through demo sub routine: