Book description
Find out what Excel is capable of with this step-by-step guide to VBAShort of changing the tires on your car, Microsoft Excel can do pretty much anything. And the possibilities are even more endless when you learn to program with Excel Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Regardless of your familiarity with Excel VBA, Excel VBA Programming For Dummies can enhance your experience with the popular spreadsheet software.
Pretty soon, you'll be doing things you didn't think were possible in Excel, from automating processes to writing your own worksheet functions. You'll learn how to:
- Understand the basic tools and operations of Visual Basic for Applications
- Create custom spreadsheet functions that make life easier for you and the people maintaining your spreadsheets
- Deal with errors and exceptions and eliminate the bugs in your code
Perfect for anyone who's never even heard of Excel VBA, Excel VBA Programming For Dummies is also a fantastic resource for intermediate and advanced Excel users looking for a heads-up on the latest features and newest functionality of this simple yet powerful scripting language.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Part 1: Starting Excel VBA Programming
- Part 2: Employing VBA with Excel
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Part 3: Programming Concepts
- Chapter 7: Essential VBA Language Elements
- Chapter 8: Working with Range Objects
- Chapter 9: Using VBA and Worksheet Functions
- Chapter 10: Controlling Program Flow and Making Decisions
- Chapter 11: Automatic Procedures and Events
- Chapter 12: Error-Handling Techniques
- Chapter 13: Bug Extermination Techniques
- Chapter 14: VBA Programming Examples
- Part 4: Communicating with Your Users
- Part 5: Putting It All Together
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Part 6: The Part of Tens
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Chapter 22: Ten Handy Visual Basic Editor Tips
- Applying Block Comments
- Copying Multiple Lines of Code at Once
- Jumping between Modules and Procedures
- Teleporting to Your Functions
- Staying in the Right Procedure
- Stepping through Your Code
- Stepping to a Specific Line in Your Code
- Stopping Your Code at a Predefined Point
- Seeing the Beginning and End of Variable Values
- Turning Off Auto Syntax Check
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Chapter 23: Resources for VBA Help
- Letting Excel Write Code for You
- Referencing the Help System
- Pilfering Code from the Internet
- Leveraging User Forums
- Visiting Expert Blogs
- Mining YouTube for Video Training
- Attending Live and Online Training Classes
- Learning from the Microsoft Office Dev Center
- Dissecting the Other Excel Files in Your Organization
- Asking Your Local Excel Guru
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Chapter 24: Ten VBA Do’s and Don’ts
- Do Declare All Variables
- Don’t Confuse Passwords with Security
- Do Clean Up Your Code
- Don’t Put Everything in One Procedure
- Do Consider Other Software
- Don’t Assume That Everyone Enables Macros
- Do Get in the Habit of Experimenting
- Don’t Assume That Your Code Will Work with Other Excel Versions
- Do Keep Your Users in Mind
- Don’t Forget about Backups
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Chapter 22: Ten Handy Visual Basic Editor Tips
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Excel VBA Programming For Dummies, 6th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2022
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781119843078
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