Have a lot of errors in your worksheet but having a hard time finding them? Excel Macros will make short work of this and we can highlight all errors!
Make sure your Excel has the Developer Tab enabled following this tutorial.
I explain how you can do this below step by step!
What does it do?
Highlight all of the errors
Copy Source Code:
Sub HighlightAllErrors() Dim cell As Range For Each cell In ActiveSheet.UsedRange 'Check if it is an error, then change the style to be Bad If WorksheetFunction.IsError(cell) Then cell.Style = "Bad" End If Next cell End Sub
Final Result:
Exercise Workbook:
Here is our initial set of data, you can see there are a lot of errors in there:
STEP 1: Go to Developer > Code > Visual Basic
STEP 2: Paste in your code and Select Save. Close the window afterwards.
STEP 3: Let us test it out!
Open the sheet containing the data. Go to Developer > Code > Macros
Make sure your macro is selected. Click Run.
With just one click, all of the cells with errors are now highlighted!
How to Highlight All Errors Using Macros In Excel
Bryan
Bryan Hong is an IT Software Developer for more than 10 years and has the following certifications: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD): Web Developer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Applications, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA).
He is also an Amazon #1 bestselling author of 4 Microsoft Excel books and a teacher of Microsoft Excel & Office at the MyExecelOnline Academy Online Course.