{"id":340,"date":"2018-06-27T17:33:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=340"},"modified":"2024-03-29T23:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T23:56:42","slug":"inserting-a-row-with-vba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/vba\/inserting-a-row-with-vba\/","title":{"rendered":"Inserting a Row With VBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the lesson about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/training\/inserting-rows-and-columns\/\">inserting rows and columns<\/a>, I presented how you can insert a new row in Excel. Here, I will show you how you can add a new row with VBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a macro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t have to remember the code which will allow you to insert a new row. In this example, we will use the macro recorder and cut the code that will be useful for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, click the button to <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/the-macro-recorder\/\">record a macro<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/the-macro-recorder.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-341\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Name your macro and click&nbsp;<strong>OK.<\/strong>&nbsp;Right-click any row number and choose Insert. Stop the macro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executing the macro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to&nbsp;<strong>VIEW &gt;&gt; Macros &gt;&gt; Macros<\/strong>&nbsp;and open the macro window. Choose your macro and hit Run. As you can see a new <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/training\/inserting-rows-and-columns\/\">row is inserted<\/a> into the worksheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CAUTION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you use a macro to insert a new row, you can\u2019t use undo (<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Ctrl + Z<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use&nbsp;<strong><span class=\"shortcut\">Left Alt + F11<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;to open the VBA code window. Double-click the module icon from Project Explorer (if you can\u2019t see it, use&nbsp;<strong>Ctrl + R<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/module.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analyzing the code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the following code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Selection.Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Selection.Insert Shift:=xlDown shifts down the data from the selected cell(s) and from the cells below.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove uses the formatting from the cell above or from the cell to the left. xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove takes one of two values, 0 or 1. 0 is the default. So you can also write CopyOrigin:=0 or even drop the code. It will use the formatting from the cell above by default. If you want to get rid of the formatting use CopyOrigin:=1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This code will only insert a new row when you click the row number. If you use it on a cell It will shift down data inside this cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/shift-cell-down.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want the macro to work in a way that it will be adding a new row not only when you choose a row letter, but also any cell inside this row then you can use the following code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ActiveCell.EntireRow.Insert<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to insert a row above the selected cell, use offset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ActiveCell.EntireRow.Offset(1, 0).Insert<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>It will give you the following result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/insert-row-above.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the lesson about&nbsp;inserting rows and columns, I presented how you can insert a new row in Excel. 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