I am new to this VB macro stuff, so I am looking for a little help.

I have a worksheet that I want the user to NOT be able to leave certai
fields blank. How do I create a macro that will do that and issue
message box telling them that they must enter a value in this cell?
I will have several cells that I want to check.
Can this be done before they save and close the spreadsheet?
Thanks
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One way is to not allow a close in the Workbook_BeforeClose event. Ge
to this section of code throught the VB editor and double-click on th
ThisWorkbook module for your project. Paste something like this:

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean)

If Range("A1") = "" Then
MsgBox "Data must be entered here before the worksheet can b
closed."
Range("A1").Select
Cancel = True
End If

End Sub

This is a pretty harsh way to go, and you might want to give them a
out if they were not saving it. Maybe a messagebox warning?

The Cancel = True is the part that disables the close.



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