XL: How to Assign a Macro to an Option Button

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can assign a macro to a custom option button so that when the option button is selected, the macro is run.

MORE INFORMATION

To create an option button, make sure the Forms toolbar is visible. In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Forms. To display the Forms toolbar in Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 7.0, follow these steps:

1. On the View menu, click Toolbars.

2. In the Toolbar dialog box, click Forms.

3. Click OK.

1. On the Forms toolbar, click Option Button and draw the outline of the button on the sheet.

2. Select any cell in the worksheet.

3. In Microsoft Excel 97 or Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, use the right mouse button to click the Option button and click Assign Macro on the shortcut menu. In Microsoft Excel 5.0 or 7.0, use the right mouse button to click the option button (or press COMMAND and click it on a Macintosh computer), and then click Assign Macro on the Tools menu.

4. In the Assign Macro dialog box, click the name of the macro that you want to assign to the Option button, and then click OK.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Excel Version 7.0

For more information about assigning a macro to a control, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu and type:

  how do I assign a macro to a control

Microsoft Excel Version 5.0

"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 11, "Controls and Dialog Boxes"

For more information about Assigning a Macro to a Control in Microsoft Excel version 5.0, choose the Search button in Help and type:

   option buttons, creating