XL2000: How to Programmatically Format Names of Months in All-Capital Letters (213503)

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CAUTION: This procedure deletes the value representing the date.

To create and use a macro that results in capitalized month names, follow these steps:

1. Start Excel.
2. In cell A1 type the following date:

   1/1/01

3. Select cell A1.
4. Press ALT+F11 to start the Visual Basic Editor.
5. On the Insert menu, click Module.
6. In the module sheet, type the following code:

   Sub UpperMonth()
      Dim Cell As Object     'Declare the Cell variable.
      For Each Cell In Selection
         ' If the cell is blank or a text string, then
         ' skip to the next cell in the selection.
         If Cell.Value <> "" And Val(Cell.Value) > 0 Then
            'Format the cell as text in a 'mmm' number format,
            'and change it to uppercase.
            Cell.Value = UCase(Format(Cell.Value, "mmm dd yyyy"))
         End If
      Next
   End Sub
   					

7. Press ALT+F11 to return to Excel.
8. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
9. In the Macro name list, click UpperMonth, and then click Run.