Create a new workbook for each row in a shared work book

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Tue 22 Jun 2021, 15:07 Delegate Bhakti said...

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Create a new workbook for each row in a shared work book

Is it possible to create a new workbook for each row in a shared work book, in a specific layout?

Wed 23 Jun 2021, 09:42 Trainer Jens said...

RE: Create a new workbook for each row in a shared work book

Hi Bhakti,

Thank you for the forum question and thank you for the nice feedback.

I am happy that the course was useful.

It is not an easy task to create a new workbook for each row in a shared work book, but it can be done, but only with some advanced VBA.

I will need to have Advanced VBA knowledge. Unfortunately it cannot be done with the macro recorder.

I found a link here with the code you need but the code need to be amended to fit your data structure and also how you want the multiple created workbooks structure to be.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26565206/creating-a-new-workbook-for-each-row-in-an-existing-workbook

I hope the link will be useful.

Kind regards

Jens Bonde
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Excel tip:

Changing Excel file and worksheet defaults

The appearance of any new Excel files or any new worksheets that are inserted into a file are controlled by two template files, Book.xlt and Sheet.xlt.

By opening, modifying and saving these templates you can change the default settings for all new files and/or all newly inserted sheets.

Use Book.xlt to make change to defaults for new workbooks; and Sheet.xlt to change defaults for sheets.

If you can't find either of these files on your computer, you can create and save them yourself.

You can do this simply by creating a new workbook with the setting you want to use as your defaults; then saving them with the appropriate name in the XLStart folder. If you are using Office 2003, this is usually found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\XLStart.

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