Summary
When you close a Microsoft Excel workbook, there is no setting to prevent you from receiving a warning message that prompts you to save or delete information from the Clipboard. This article explains why this warning message occurs and how to prevent it by using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro.
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You are in Cut or Copy mode.
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You have 101 or more cells selected.
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You close the workbook, or you quit Excel, thereby forcing the workbook to close.
These conditions generate a warning message similar to the following:
There is a large amount of information on the Clipboard. Do you want to be able to paste this information into another program later?
There are several methods for preventing the display of this warning message. The quickest manual method is to press the ESC key just before you close the workbook.
In an automated scenario that uses a Visual Basic for Applications macro to cut or copy cells, you may not consider it an acceptable option to press the ESC key to prevent the warning. In that case, use any of the following programmatic methods to prevent the warning.
Method 1: Copy A Single Cell
If you are using Visual Basic for Applications macro to cut or copy cells, insert the following line immediately before the line that closes the workbook:
ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Copy
The warning message is not displayed if the Clipboard contains 100 or fewer cells.
Method 2: Exit from CutCopyMode
If you are using Visual Basic for Applications macro to cut or copy cells, insert the following line immediately before the line that closes the workbook
workbook.Application.CutCopyMode = False
where "workbook" is your workbook object.
NOTE: By setting CutCopyMode to True or False, Excel may cancel Cut or Copy mode.
Method 3: Save the Workbook
If you are using Visual Basic for Applications macro to cut or copy cells, insert the following line immediately before the line that closes the workbook
workbook.Save
where "workbook" is your workbook object. When you save a workbook, Excel is no longer in Cut or Copy mode.
