How to Create a Macro in Excel VBA from Scratch (Beginner Start Path)
You open a spreadsheet, realise you're about to repeat the same formatting steps for the hundredth time, and wonder if Excel can just do it for you. It can, and this tutorial shows you exactly how to write your first macro from scratch using VBA, no recorder shortcuts involved. We walk through enabling the Developer tab, opening the Visual Basic Editor, inserting a module, and writing a Sub procedure that formats a header row and resizes columns. By the end, you'll be able to write, save, and run a working macro in a macro-enabled workbook.
Covered inside:
→ Turning on the Developer tab through Excel Options and Customize Ribbon.
→ Opening the Visual Basic Editor and inserting a fresh Module into your VBAProject.
→ Writing a Sub named Format Report line by line, from Range and Font.Bold to AutoFit.
→ Using Interior.Color with vbBlue and Font.Color with vbWhite for a clean header look.
→ Adding a MsgBox confirmation so you know the macro finished.
→ Saving as a macro-enabled file and running the macro from the Macros dialog.
Would you have used a different range than A1:D1, or swapped vbBlue for another color? Drop your version in the comments.
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