Learn how to automate alerts and popups in Excel to track deadlines, manage tasks, and improve productivity with this step-by-step guide.

You can create and set the trigger for an alarm in MS Excel by creating a VBA module. Learn how to Ring an Alarm in Microsoft Excel.

Excel cannot email an alert to you automatically unless you write a macro in the Visual Basic (VBA) editor to perform this function. And, the reminder Alert only works if the Excel software is open.