This free Excel macro will print the current active worksheet in Excel. This means that whatever sheet you are currently viewing will be printed.
This is a good macro to use to ensure that a user is always able to quickly print the current worksheet, even if menu functionality in Excel has been disabled.
Where to install the macro: Module
Macro to Print The Current Worksheet in Excel
Sub Print_Active_Worksheet()
'This macro prints the active or currently visible worksheet in Excel
ActiveSheet.PrintOut
End Sub
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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.