How to Create and Sound an Alarm in Microsoft Excel – Knowligent
How to Create and Sound an Alarm in Microsoft Excel

How to Create and Sound an Alarm in Microsoft Excel

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Popup reminder in Excel that beeps and speaks – Very useful

Microsoft Excel includes several built-in tools that allow users to automate conditional formatting (such as changing the color of a cell) depending on whether certain conditions are met.

But many people don't realize that it's possible to make Excel play a sound using Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This Excel tutorial explains how to make an alarm sound in Excel when a condition is met.

There are two steps to making Excel play a sound based on a specific trigger. First, you need to add custom code that allows Excel to play the sound. Then, you need to tell Excel what event or value will trigger the sound.