How to monitor cell changes in Excel?

How could you monitor a worksheet cells if the data is changed in Excel? This may be help you to identify the changed cells as quickly as you can. This article, I will talk about some interesting methods to deal with this task in Excel.

Monitor cell changes in Excel with Track Changes function

Monitor cell changes in Excel with VBA code

Monitor cell changes in Excel with Track Changes function

Excel has a useful Track Changes feature, it can help you to mark the changed cells, please do as follows:

1. Click Review > Track Changes > Highlight Changes, see screenshot:

2. In the Highlight Changes dialog box, do the following operations:

(1.) Check Track changes while editing. This also shares your workbook.

(2.) Under the Highlight which changes section, specify the When, Who, and Where items as you need.

(3.) At last, check Highlight changes on screen option.

3. After finishing the settings, click OK button, now, when you change any cell values in the specified cells, a border with a triangular icon is around the changed cells, see screenshot:

Note: With this method, your workbook will become a shared workbook.

Monitor cell changes in Excel with VBA code

The following VBA code also can help you to monitor cell values when they are changed, please do as this:

1. Right click the sheet tab which you want to monitor cell changes, and choose View Code from the context menu, in the opened Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please copy and paste the following VBA code into the Module:

VBA code: Monitor cell changes in Excel worksheet:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
'Updateby Extendoffice 20160728
    Dim xrng As Range
    Set xrng = Range("A1:E7")
    If Not Application.Intersect(xrng, Range(Target.Address)) _
           Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Cell " & Target.Address & " has changed.", vbInformation, "Kutools for Excel"
    End If
End Sub

Note: In the above code, A1:E7 is the data range that you want to monitor if cell changes, you can change it to your need.

2. Then save and close this code window, and now, when you change the cell value in the specified range, a message box will pop out to remind you, see screenshot: