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833571 2009-11-25 22:47:00 Hi anyone know how to put a "Save and Exit" button or hyperlink in an Excel spreadsheet? I have a Spreadsheet with 10 workbooks and when people add information. I want to make it easy for them to remember to save the changes.
I don't want to use a Macro as I get that warning message and the spreadsheet can be accessed from lots of computers. I don't want to have to set them all to the lower security level.
Thanks.
asdex (1488)
833572 2009-11-27 20:24:00 Having a button means you have a macro which appears you want to avoid because of the enable macros warning. When a workbook closes that has had changes Excel warns the user anyway so Im not sure why you think having a button is going to encourage people to save if they dont when they get asked to save when they close the workbook.

If your wanting to enforce saving then a macro could do this automatically without asking the user. You can alternatively use whats called an Add-In which is a macro but loads when Excel starts so you dont get the enable macros warning. MS have an AutoSave macro ... support.microsoft.com

Of course saving has drawbacks too. If you made a major mistake and decide you want to start again you could close without saving and start again. If autosave is enabled your mistakes are saved too.

cheers,
Graham
Parry (5696)
833573 2009-11-27 21:07:00 Thanks very much, I'll see how that goes.
Cheers
asdex (1488)
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