How to copy text from message box in Excel?
Sometimes, when running VBA script in Excel workbook, you will get message box popping up if encountering errors. To fix the error, you need to note the information displayed in the message box. The most efficient way is to copy the text from the message box. Please try the method in this article.
Copy text from message box in Excel
Copy text from message box in Excel
Copying text from a message box during VBA execution is straightforward. Please do as follows.
1. When a message box popping up after running VBA script (take the following screenshot’s message box as an example), press the Ctrl + C keys simultaneously.
2. Open the Clipboard pane with clicking Home > Clipboard. See screenshot:
3. Then you can see content of the message box displayed in the Clipboard pane. Select a blank cell in your worksheet, and click on the item which you want to paste from the Clipboard to insert it into the worksheet.
The text from the message box is now copied and pasted, as shown in the screenshot above.
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