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How to make a particular cell mandatory enter before closing workbook?

When you share a workbook to other users for doing a survey which needs the real name registration, for instance, every user under investigation needs to enter their name in B1. But in some times, some users may close the workbook after investigation without entering their names. In this article, I introduce a VBA to make a particular cell mandatory before closing the workbook.

Make a cell mandatory enter with VBA

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1. Enable the workbook that contains the mandatory cell, and press Alt + F11 keys to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Project pane, double click ThisWorkbook, and go to select Workbook and BeforeClose from right section list, then paste below code to the script. See screenshot:

VBA: Make a cell mandatory

    If Cells(1, 2).Value = "" Then
        MsgBox "Cell B1 requires user input", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
        Cancel = True
    End If

doc mandantory enter 1

3. Then save this code and close this popping window. Now, if the cell B1 is blank when you close the workbook, below dialog will pop out to remind you to enter something in B1. See screenshot:
doc mandantory enter 2

Tip: You can change cell B1 to other cells you want.

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    Akshay Patil · 7 days ago
    I want to make rows C2 to C7 mandatory and C13 to C19 mandatory?

    Any help?

    2 sets of ranges are here but under the same column.
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    Shea · 1 years ago
    Is there any way that I can Required cell f4 and F5 have data before closing or saving?
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      Sunny · 1 years ago
      Just change B1 to F4 and F5 in the textbox to remind users.
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    zwaenepoel · 1 years ago
    Hello, thank you for this formula, it works!

    However, now I have created a template in which several cells are mandatory to fill out. But after creating the template and entering the macro, I cannot close it, because I have to fill out the cells :) So, I cannot send out a template...(where the mandatory cells must still be empty)


    Can you help me?

    Thanks!
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    Shabaaz · 1 years ago
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