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Create a Button in Excel to Follow a Hyperlink

Joshua earned an MBA from USF and writes mostly about software and technology.

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A button that links to a web page can be a very useful tool when you are working in Excel. If you periodically go to the same web page while working in a workbook, it may make sense just to create a button to get you to that website much like you would use your bookmarks on a browser.

Here I will walk through several steps to add a hyperlink to a button in Excel.

Locate the Developer Tab

First, click on the developer tab. If you don't have the developer tab in your Excel ribbon, you can figure out how to add it here.

The developer tab opens a spreadsheet user to a wide range of options in Excel. One option that is needed here is the ability to add a button.

The developer tab opens a spreadsheet user to a wide range of options in Excel. One option that is needed here is the ability to add a button.

Inserting a Button

After the developer tab is visible, click on the insert option, then click the "command button." This is located in the upper left-hand corner of the active x control section. After the button is selected, drag the cursor with the left mouse button to trace a square or rectangle. This operation will dictate how large your button will appear.

Command Button Selection

With a command button, you can attach a macro and run that macro on demand.

With a command button, you can attach a macro and run that macro on demand.

Find Button Properties

Right-click on the button and select properties.

Properties

Select the command button properties to make changes to the button.

Select the command button properties to make changes to the button.

Edit Caption

Type what you want to display on the button in the caption section. Then, close out the properties window.

The caption property controls what is displayed on the face of the button.

The caption property controls what is displayed on the face of the button.

Add Code to the Button

Double-click on the button so that the visual basic window appears and type the following information in that window with no spaces between lines:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink _ Address:="https://www.roghnu.com End Sub

Note that “CommandButton1” is the name of the object and may be different for you depending on what you name your button. Additionally, you will want to choose the website that you would like to open in the place of http://www.roghnu.com. Click on the save button and save your workbook as a macro-enabled workbook. Exit the visual basic window.

Visual Basis Application

The same code above can be used to link your button to a website. Simply change the URL in the code.

The same code above can be used to link your button to a website. Simply change the URL in the code.

Get out of Design Mode

Lastly, save the Excel file and exit the design mode by selecting the design button in the controls section. Each time your button is selected your web browser should automatically open to display the web address that was saved in the button properties.

Before you test the button, you will need to leave design mode.

Before you test the button, you will need to leave design mode.

This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.

© 2019 Joshua Crowder

Comments

RJ on August 22, 2020:

i follow the Instruction, but nothing happens

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