Problems Attaching Macros to Command Button

[Jim]

I have been trying to attach a macro to a command button and have been
unable to access 'Assign Macro' as per the process listed in MS Excel
XP help as below, without much luck. The function does not seem to
come up. I have several macros written and cannot link them to
buttons. I have been able to use keyboard shortcuts i.e. Ctrl+a etc.

Is Excel needing something switched on? Does anyone know what is
wrong?

Jim

MS EXCEL XP HELP

Start a macro from a button or graphic control

*Click the button or graphic control so that sizing handles (sizing
handle: One of the small circles or squares that appears at the corners
and sides of a selected object. You drag these handles to change the
size of the object.) appear.
*With the graphic object selected, right-click a sizing handle of the
button or graphic object to display the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A
menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To
display a shortcut menu, right-click an item or press SHIFT+F10.).
*On the shortcut menu, click Assign Macro.

Do one of the following:
To assign an existing macro (macro: An action or a set of actions you
can use to automate tasks. Macros are recorded in the Visual Basic for
Applications programming language.) to the button or graphic object,
enter the name of the macro in the Macro name box, and then click OK.

 

[Jan Karel Pieterse]

Hi,

You can only "Assign macro" to the controls from the Forms
toolbar (I prefer those: simpler and less buggy).

To "assign" a macro to the controls you used (which I
guess come from the control toolbox toolbar), you simply
double-click the control in design mode or rightclick them
and choose view code.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel TA/MVP