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How to create a macro that allows to automatically send a specific sheet in excel workbook as email?
- Sep 20, 2023
You can create a macro in Excel to automatically send a specific sheet as an email attachment. Here are the steps to create such a macro:
Step 1: Open Excel and Enable Developer Tab
If you don't already have the Developer tab visible in your Excel ribbon, you need to enable it. Here's how:
- Go to "File" > "Options."
- In the Excel Options window, select "Customize Ribbon."
- In the right-hand column ("Main Tabs"), check the box next to "Developer."
- Click "OK" to enable the Developer tab.
Step 2: Open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Editor
- Click on the "Developer" tab in the Excel ribbon.
- Click on the "Visual Basic" button to open the VBA Editor.
Step 3: Create a New Macro
- In the VBA Editor, right-click on "VBAProject (Your Workbook Name)" in the Project Explorer on the left side.
- Select "Insert" > "Module" to insert a new module.
Step 4: Write the Macro Code
You can use the following example VBA code as a starting point and customize it to fit your specific needs. This code will send the active sheet as an email attachment using Outlook. Make sure you have Outlook configured and running on your computer.
vba code:
Sub EmailActiveSheet() Dim OutApp As Object Dim OutMail As Object Dim wb As Workbook Dim ws As Worksheet ' Set the workbook and worksheet you want to send Set wb = ThisWorkbook ' The current workbook Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("SheetName") ' Replace "SheetName" with your sheet's name ' Create a new Outlook instance Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0) ' 0 represents a mail item ' Compose the email With OutMail .To = "email address removed for privacy reasons" ' Replace with the recipient's email address .Subject = "Your Subject Here" ' Replace with your email subject .Body = "Hello, please find the attached sheet." ' Replace with your email body .Attachments.Add wb.FullName ' Attach the entire workbook ' .Attachments.Add ws.UsedRange.Address ' Attach only the used range of the worksheet .Send ' Uncomment this line to send the email immediately End With ' Clean up Set OutMail = Nothing Set OutApp = Nothing End Sub
Step 5: Customize the Macro Code
- Replace "SheetName" with the name of the sheet you want to send.
- Replace "email address removed for privacy reasons" with the recipient's email address.
- Customize the email subject and body as needed.
- Decide whether you want to send the entire workbook or just a specific range from the worksheet (uncomment the appropriate line).
- You can choose to send the email immediately by removing the comment from the .Send line.
Step 6: Run the Macro
Close the VBA Editor, return to your Excel workbook, and run the macro:
- Press "Alt" + "F8" to open the "Macro" dialog.
- Select the "EmailActiveSheet" macro and click "Run."
The macro will send the specified sheet as an email attachment using Outlook.
Please note that this example uses Outlook for sending emails. If you are using a different email client or have specific email server settings, you may need to modify the code accordingly.
The text, the code and steps were edited with the help of AI.
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You can create a macro in Excel to automatically send a specific sheet as an email attachment. Here are the steps to create such a macro:
Step 1: Open Excel and Enable Developer Tab
If you don't already have the Developer tab visible in your Excel ribbon, you need to enable it. Here's how:
- Go to "File" > "Options."
- In the Excel Options window, select "Customize Ribbon."
- In the right-hand column ("Main Tabs"), check the box next to "Developer."
- Click "OK" to enable the Developer tab.
Step 2: Open the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Editor
- Click on the "Developer" tab in the Excel ribbon.
- Click on the "Visual Basic" button to open the VBA Editor.
Step 3: Create a New Macro
- In the VBA Editor, right-click on "VBAProject (Your Workbook Name)" in the Project Explorer on the left side.
- Select "Insert" > "Module" to insert a new module.
Step 4: Write the Macro Code
You can use the following example VBA code as a starting point and customize it to fit your specific needs. This code will send the active sheet as an email attachment using Outlook. Make sure you have Outlook configured and running on your computer.
vba code:
Sub EmailActiveSheet()
Dim OutApp As Object
Dim OutMail As Object
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet
' Set the workbook and worksheet you want to send
Set wb = ThisWorkbook ' The current workbook
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("SheetName") ' Replace "SheetName" with your sheet's name
' Create a new Outlook instance
Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0) ' 0 represents a mail item
' Compose the email
With OutMail
.To = "email address removed for privacy reasons" ' Replace with the recipient's email address
.Subject = "Your Subject Here" ' Replace with your email subject
.Body = "Hello, please find the attached sheet." ' Replace with your email body
.Attachments.Add wb.FullName ' Attach the entire workbook
' .Attachments.Add ws.UsedRange.Address ' Attach only the used range of the worksheet
.Send ' Uncomment this line to send the email immediately
End With
' Clean up
Set OutMail = Nothing
Set OutApp = Nothing
End Sub
Step 5: Customize the Macro Code
- Replace "SheetName" with the name of the sheet you want to send.
- Replace "email address removed for privacy reasons" with the recipient's email address.
- Customize the email subject and body as needed.
- Decide whether you want to send the entire workbook or just a specific range from the worksheet (uncomment the appropriate line).
- You can choose to send the email immediately by removing the comment from the .Send line.
Step 6: Run the Macro
Close the VBA Editor, return to your Excel workbook, and run the macro:
- Press "Alt" + "F8" to open the "Macro" dialog.
- Select the "EmailActiveSheet" macro and click "Run."
The macro will send the specified sheet as an email attachment using Outlook.
Please note that this example uses Outlook for sending emails. If you are using a different email client or have specific email server settings, you may need to modify the code accordingly.
The text, the code and steps were edited with the help of AI.
Add. Info: Mail more then one sheet
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Was the answer useful? Mark them as helpful and like it!
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Thank you nikolinoDE, it worked.
But, I'm unable to save the above mentioned steps as macro. please guide me with the steps to save as macro, so that it will reflect in each workbook.
- NikolinoDESep 20, 2023Gold Contributor
(in the upper link you will find more informations)
I am glad to hear that it worked for you! If you want to save the macro so that it is available in all workbooks, you can do so by saving it in your Excel Personal Macro Workbook. Here are the steps:
- Open Your Personal Macro Workbook:
- Press Alt + F11 to open the VBA editor.
- In the Project Explorer window (usually on the left), you should see "VBAProject (Personal.xlsb)" or a similar name.
- If you do not see it, you can create it by going to "File" > "New" > "Personal Macro Workbook."
- First, you need to open your Personal Macro Workbook if it is not already open. The Personal Macro Workbook is a hidden workbook that automatically loads when Excel starts.
- To open it, you can either: a. Record a dummy macro by going to the "Developer" tab, clicking "Record Macro," and choosing to save it in "Personal Macro Workbook." b. Manually open your Personal Macro Workbook:
- Save Your Macro in the Personal Macro Workbook:
- In the VBA editor, find the Personal Macro Workbook project.
- Right-click on it and select "Insert" > "Module" to insert a new module.
- Copy and paste your macro code into this module.
- Save and Close the Personal Macro Workbook:
- Close the Personal Macro Workbook and save any changes when prompted.
- Test the Macro in Any Workbook:
- Now, your macro will be available in all Excel workbooks.
- You can test it by opening any workbook, pressing Alt + F8 to open the "Macro" dialog box, and running the macro you just added to the Personal Macro Workbook.
The macro will be available for use in any workbook you open in Excel. You can add other macros to the Personal Macro Workbook in the same way, making them easily accessible across all your Excel files.
- VinayKumar_BSep 27, 2023Copper ContributorNikolinoDE
Could you please guide me with the steps to send whole workbook along with the macros which i have created. so that, users should be able to run the macros within workbook.
- Open Your Personal Macro Workbook: