Visual Basic Procedure to Change the Standard Font

SUMMARY

This article includes a sample Visual Basic, Applications Edition, procedure you can use to change the standard font in Microsoft Excel. This procedure may be useful if you are creating a custom application and you want to be able to change the Normal style font automatically.

If you want this procedure to run automatically when you start Microsoft Excel, you can make it into an Auto_Open macro and place it in your Personal.xls file.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

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'Runs the Change_Font sub procedure whenever you open a new
'window or switch to another book.
Sub Auto_Open()
    Application.OnWindow = "Change_Font"
End Sub

'This procedure will run each time a new window is displayed.
Sub Change_Font()
    'If the active sheet is a worksheet or macro sheet then
    'ask the user if they want to change the Normal style font.
    If TypeName(ActiveSheet) = "Worksheet" Then
       response = MsgBox("Do you want to change the Normal style?", 1)
       'If user chooses Cancel, then stop the procedure.
       If response = vbCancel Then End
       'If user chooses OK, then display the Fonts dialog box.
       Application.Dialogs(xlDialogStandardFont).Show
    End If
End Sub

'Discontinues the OnWindow function when the book containing the
'subroutines is closed.
Sub Auto_Close()
        Application.OnWindow = ""
End Sub