XL: Macro to Create a Defined Name for the Current Selection

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that creates a defined name, based on user input, for the current selection.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub def_name()
      ' Set prompt.
      Message = "Enter the name for current selection"
      ' Set title.
      Title = "Set Defined Name"
      ' Display message and title.
      MyName = InputBox(Message, Title)
      ' Defines name for current selection based on user input
      ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=MyName, RefersToR1C1:=Selection
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications