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Excel 2000 Help File: Running Excel 4.0 Macros

Brief Description
Download the complete Help file for the Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro functions (XLM macro functions). You can then access this information from the Office Assistant when you use these functions in Microsoft Excel 2000.

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File Name:xlmacro.exe
Version:2000
Date Published:9/16/1999
Language:English
Download Size:474 KB
Estimated Download Time: 2 min 56K
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Overview

Microsoft Excel 2000 allows you to continue to use and maintain Excel 4.0 macros (XLM macros) that you haven't yet upgraded to Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA). The Excel 4.0 macro function Help file provides complete Help topics for the Excel 4.0 macro functions.


Although you cannot record new Microsoft Excel 4.0 macros in Microsoft Excel 2000, you can run and modify existing XLM macros. This Help file provides information including syntax and examples for the macro functions. You can access this information from the Office Assistant when you use these functions.


For information about upgrading your macros to Visual Basic for Applications, see the Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit. For information about recording macros in Excel 2000, type macros in the Office Assistant or on the Answer Wizard tab in the Excel Help window, and then click Search.


Note  Follow these instructions to install the complete version of file Xlmacro.chm. The installation automatically replaces the copy of this file currently in a subfolder of your Office folder.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows NT
  • This download works with the following Office applications:
    • Excel 2000

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Instructions



To install this download

  1. You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
  2. Download the file from this page by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
  3. Double-click the XLMacro.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.


Instructions for use:

  1. In Excel, make sure the Assistant is displayed.
  2. Open a workbook that contains an Excel 4.0 macro sheet, and click the macro sheet.
  3. Click the Edit Formula button in the formula bar.
  4. In the Assistant, click Yes, please provide Help.
  5. In the formula bar, type the name of an XLM function, such as =RETURN().
  6. In the Assistant, click Help on selected function.
  7. For Help on other XLM functions, you can display the Help table of contents: click the Show button in the Microsoft Excel Help window.



You can also access the XLM function Help topics when you aren't using Excel or don't have a macro sheet open. In the 1033 subfolder of your Office folder, locate and double-click the file Xlmacro.chm, and then click the Show button in the Microsoft Excel Help window to display the Help table of contents.

To remove this download:

  1. On the Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. In the Install/Uninstall list, select Microsoft Excel Macro Function Help, and then click Add/Remove.
  4. Click Remove All.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Click Finish to complete and exit the installer.

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