Add an Input Message to a Cell - Message Appears When the Cell is Selected in Excel - Data Validation Macro
Add data validation input messages to cells in Excel with this free Excel macro. These messages appear when a specific cell has been selected. The benefit of this type of pop up message in Excel is that when a user goes to enter something in a particular cell, you can display a reminder to that user which can better help them fill out that cell. This works great when it comes to user forms and data entry forms in Excel.
There are two versions of this macro listed below. The first Excel macro adds an input message to a cell that is hard-coded into the macro whereas the second macro adds an input message to any cell that you select before you run the macro.
To use these macros simply change
A1 in the first macro to the cell reference where you want to add an input message and change
Message Title Goes Here and
Message Contents Go Here in both macros in order to have the desired input message displayed.
Where to install the macro: Module
Free Excel Macro to Add an Input Message to a Specified Cell in Excel
Sub Add_Cell_Input_Message_Cell()
With Range("A1").Validation
.Add Type:=xlValidateInputOnly
.InputTitle = "Message Title Goes Here"
.InputMessage = "Message Contents Go Here"
End With
End Sub
Free Excel Macro to Add an Input Message to a Selected Cell in Excel
Sub Add_Cell_Input_Message_Selection()
With Selection.Validation
.Add Type:=xlValidateInputOnly
.InputTitle = "Message Title Goes Here"
.InputMessage = "Message Contents Go Here"
End With
End Sub
How to Install the Macro
- Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.
- Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.
- Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions.
Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.
For Excel Versions Prior to Excel 2007
Go to Tools > Macros > Visual Basic Editor
For Excel 2007
Go to Office Button > Excel Options > Popular > Click Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Then go to the Developer tab on the ribbon menu and on the far left Click Visual Basic
- On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.
- If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Go to the menu at the top of the window and click Insert > Module
- Another window should have opened within the Visual Basic Editor's window. Within this new window, paste the macro code. Make sure to paste the code underneath the last line of anything else that is in the window.
- Go to Step 8.
- If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
- Then, at the bottom of the list that appears, double-click the ThisWorkbook text.
- A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
- Go to Step 8.
- If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.
- Directly underneath your excel file called VBAProject(your file's name here), click the Microsoft Excel Objects folder icon to open that drop-down list.
- Within the list that appears you will see every worksheet that is in that excel file. They will be listed as such: Sheet1(NAME OF SHEET HERE) and under that will be Sheet2(NAME OF SHEET HERE). Select the sheet in which you want the macro to run and double-click that sheet.
- A new window inside the Visual Basic Editor's window will appear. In this new window, paste the code for the macro. Make sure to paste this code underneath the last line of any other code which is already in the window.
- Repeat steps b and c for every sheet you want the macro to work in. Putting the macro in one sheet will not enable it for any other sheets in the workbook.
- Go to Step 8.
- Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.
- You are now ready to run the macro.
