{"id":4242,"date":"2025-03-28T07:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T07:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/?p=4242"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:49:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:49:34","slug":"activate-workbook-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/activate-workbook-in-excel","title":{"rendered":"How to Activate Excel Sheet with 5 Easy Ways?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1898181a2aebca931198b7f41678d855\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<style>\r\n.leaderboard { width: 320px; height: 100px; }\r\n@media(min-width: 500px) { .leaderboard { width: 468px; height: 60px; } }\r\n@media(min-width: 800px) { .leaderboard { width: 728px; height: 90px; } }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8329139124199643\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle leaderboard\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block\"\r\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8329139124199643\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1972481166\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you\u2019ve various worksheets in an Excel workbook, you can activate a worksheet manually so that you can easily see the content in that specific worksheet &amp; can work in it. Well, in this blog, I will explain <strong>how to activate Excel sheet with VBA<\/strong> or other methods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'><div style='background: #eafdeb; padding: 12px;'><p><strong style='font-size: 18px;'>To repair corrupt Excel workbook, we recommend this tool:<\/strong><\/p><p style='font-size: 17px;'>This software will prevent Excel workbook data such as BI data, financial reports & other analytical information from corruption and data loss. With this software you can rebuild corrupt Excel files and restore every single visual representation & dataset to its original, intact state in 3 easy steps:<\/p><div><ol style='font-size: 17px; margin-top: 4px;'><li><strong><a href='https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/free-download-now' target='_blank'>Try Excel File Repair Tool<\/a><\/strong> rated <i>Excellent<\/i> by Softpedia, Softonic & CNET.<\/li><li>Select the corrupt Excel file (XLS, XLSX) & click <b>Repair<\/b> to initiate the repair process.<\/li><li>Preview the repaired files and click <b>Save File<\/b> to save the files at desired location.<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Things To Check Before Activating A Workbook<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are trying to activate such a workbook that is not opened, then VBA will throw the error.\u00a0 To fix this issue, just check the workbook name first after then activates it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sub vba_activate_workbook()<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dim wb As Workbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Each wb In Workbooks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If wb.Name = &#8220;Book3.xlsx&#8221; Then<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">wb.Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MsgBox &#8220;Workbook found and activated&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exit Sub<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End If<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next wb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MsgBox &#8220;Not found&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End Sub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well by using the above-given code, you can easily specify the workbook name. After that, it will check for that specific workbook in all the opened workbooks. Once the is workbook fetched, it will activate it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>When you are using the name of the workbook, make sure to use the correct file extension<\/li>\n<li>If you want to activate a workbook that is not yet saved, then you need to use only the name of that workbook without suffixing the file extension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How To Activate Excel Sheet?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Trick\u00a0 1#\u00a0 Workbook.Activate method<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can use this method to activate a worksheet or workbook only if you are pretty sure about the workbook name. Suppose, the name of your excel workbook which you need to activate is \u201cBook2\u201d and it has a sheet with the name \u201cSheet1\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then by using the following code you can select the required workbook and sheet and the n activate it using the Excel VBA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Syntax<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>expression<\/em>.<strong>Activate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Here <\/em><em>expression<\/em> is a variable that represents the Excel <strong>Workbook<\/strong>\u00a0object.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This activates workbook method won&#8217;t execute any Auto_Activate or Auto_Deactivate macros which is attached to Excel workbook. In order to run these macros, you need to use the<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office\/vba\/api\/excel.workbook.runautomacros\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">RunAutoMacros<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0method.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Code To Use:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sub Activate_Workbook()<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Activate Workbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Workbooks(&#8220;Book2.xls&#8221;).Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Activate Worksheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Workbooks(&#8220;Book2.xls&#8221;).Sheets(&#8220;Sheet1&#8221;).Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End Sub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How To Use:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>At first, open your Excel workbook.<\/li>\n<li>After that, press the Alt+F11 button on your keyboard. This will open the VBA Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Now go to hit the <strong>Insert<\/strong> tab from the menu bar and insert <strong>new module.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Copy the above code and then paste it into this opened code window.<\/li>\n<li>Press the F5 button on your keyboard to see the output.<\/li>\n<li>After that, just save this file as a macro-enabled workbook.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read<\/span>: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/share-excel-workbook\">How To Share Excel Workbook With Multiple User?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Trick\u00a0 2# Activate Workbook or Worksheet Using Object<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another method to activate the workbook in Excel is by using the object. For this, you need to create an object for the worksheet and workbook first. After then assign the workbook to any object and choose the workbook having the VBA to execute the following procedures using the Excel macros.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Code:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Sub Activate_Workbook_Using_Object()<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8216;Variable Declaration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dim WrkBk As Workbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dim WrkSht As Worksheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Create Object for Workbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Set WrkBk = Workbooks.Add<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0&#8216;Create Object for Worksheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Set WrkSht = WrkBk.Sheets(&#8220;Sheet1&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Activate Sheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WrkSht.Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End Sub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-fontsize=\"14\" data-lineheight=\"16.94px\"><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>In the above, I have declared 2 objectives for the worksheet and workbook.<\/li>\n<li>Added a new workbook and assigned it to the workbook object.<\/li>\n<li>Also, set the Worksheet to the worksheet object.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the Excel worksheet by referencing the worksheet object.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-fontsize=\"14\" data-lineheight=\"16.94px\"><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>At first, open your Excel workbook.<\/li>\n<li>After that, press the Alt+F11 button on your keyboard. This will open the VBA Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Now go to hit the <strong>Insert<\/strong> tab from the menu bar and insert <strong>new module.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Copy the above code and then paste it into this opened code window.<\/li>\n<li>Press the F5 button on your keyboard to see the output.<\/li>\n<li>After that, just save this file as a macro-enabled workbook.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Trick\u00a0 3#\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Activate A Workbook By Using The Number<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have opened multiple workbooks, then all those Excel workbooks are components of the workbook collection. Each workbook in this collection has a number, which you can easily reference in the activate method. Here is the code that you can use.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sub vba_activate_workbook()<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Workbooks(2).Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End Sub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If in case you are trying to activate such workbook using the number which doesn\u2019t exist, then VBA code will throw <strong>Subscript out of Range: Run-time error \u20189\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4247 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Workbook.Activate-method-1.png\" alt=\"Subscript out of Range\" width=\"501\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Workbook.Activate-method-1.png 791w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Workbook.Activate-method-1-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Workbook.Activate-method-1-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Trick\u00a0 4#\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Activate workbook using ThisWorkbook property<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another method of activating the Excel workbook is by using <strong>ThisWorkbook property.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suppose you have opened 5 workbooks simultaneously but you are working only on the <strong>\u201cBook1.xlsm\u201d.<\/strong> Thus, when you execute the below-mentioned code, it will activate only the \u201cBook1.xlsm\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Sub vba_activate_workbook()\u00b7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0ThisWorkbook.Activate\u00b7<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End Sub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Trick\u00a0 5#\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>VBA to Select Workbook or Worksheet in Excel<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You have multiple worksheets in your excel workbook then you can make a selection for the sheet you need by using VBA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also choose the required workbook in case several workbooks are opened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, it\u2019s a good trick to set the required worksheet or workbook to the object and refer to it whenever you need it. This works great in accessing the workbook or worksheet without activating or selecting it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Code:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sub Activate_Workbook_Using_Object()<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Variable Declaration<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dim wbAs Workbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dim wsAs Worksheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Select any Workbook and assign to an Object<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set wb= Workbooks(&#8220;Book1.xlsm&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Create Object for Worksheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set ws= wb.Sheets(&#8220;SheetName&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 &#8216;VBA to Select or Activate the required Workbook<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wb.Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;VBA to Select or Activate the required Sheet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ws.Activate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">End Sub<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Difference Between <\/strong><strong>Active Workbook and ThisWorkbook In Excel VBA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many VBA coders use the text <strong>ThisWorkbook<\/strong> and <strong>Active Workbook<\/strong> very frequently in their coding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being a learner or reader, it\u2019s very important to know the basics between these two. Here some of the differences outlined so just check it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Active Workbook:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The active workbook is not compulsorily the workbook in which you are writing the code at that time. If several workbooks are opened but only the workbook which is appearing currently on your screen is counted as Active Workbook.<\/li>\n<li>Use active in the VBA coding results in several errors and confusion. We don\u2019t know which workbook is active until and unless we mention the name of the workbook just before the word Active Workbook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ThisWorkbook:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whereas ThisWorkbook is necessarily that workbook where you are writing the code.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">ThisWorkbook never goes wrong because this doesn\u2019t matter which workbook is active. \u00a0It takes workbook reference in the code section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions:<\/strong><\/h2>\n        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Why Is My Excel Not Activated?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYour Microsoft Excel software might not activate due to subscription has expired.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>How Do I Activate an Already Open Workbook In VBA?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo activate an already open workbook in VBA, you need to use the Activate method. This method will help you to specify the workbook name using a Workbook object.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>How Do I Enable Macro Workbook in Excel?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo enable macro workbook in Microsoft Excel, you have to navigate to File &gt;&gt; Options &gt;&gt; find \u2018Macro Settings\u2019. After this, click on \u2018Trust Center Settings\u2019 &gt;&gt; \u2018Macro Settings\u2019 option. Now, under the Macro Settings, click \u2018Enable all macros\u2019 &gt;&gt; hit \u2018OK\u2019 to enable all macros.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>What Is the Shortcut Key to Enable Excel?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlt is the shortcut which you can press after opening the Excel application to enable macro.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>How to Resolve a Corrupted Excel File?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo resolve a corrupted Excel file, go to the <strong>File<\/strong> &gt;&gt; <strong>Open<\/strong>. Next, choose the corrupted Excel file &gt;&gt; click on <strong>Open and Repair<\/strong>. Finally, to recover as much of your workbook data, hit on the <strong>Repair<\/strong> button.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n    {\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n\t\t\"mainEntity\": [\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Question\",\n\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Why Is My Excel Not Activated?\",\n\t\t\t\t\"acceptedAnswer\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Answer\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"text\": \"Your Microsoft Excel software might not activate due to subscription has expired.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t,\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Question\",\n\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"How Do I Activate an Already Open Workbook In VBA?\",\n\t\t\t\t\"acceptedAnswer\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Answer\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"text\": \"To activate an already open workbook in VBA, you need to use the Activate method. 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Finally, to recover as much of your workbook data, hit on the <strong>Repair<\/strong> button.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t    ]\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<h2><strong>Time to Conclude<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, this is all about how to activate Excel sheet with ease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can opt for any of the above-listed approaches to <strong>activate Excel workbook.<\/strong> According to me, using the activate method in VBA to choose the required worksheet or workbook through VBA coding and perform your required tasks is the easiest one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I hope you enjoyed reading this post!<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dad9d9;border-radius:2px;-moz-border-radius:2px;-webkit-border-radius:2px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" 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