Programming in VBA: Using Microsoft Excel 2010

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This course is particularly designed for users who wish to learn how to use the inbuilt VBA programming language in Excel to enhance their worksheets and automate processes.

The skills and knowledge covered in this publication will enable you to create macros, user defined functions, understand the VBA environment and use a range of programming techniques to develop automated solutions in Excel. This course is designed for proficient Excel users who wish to learn how to automate standard features and to develop programs in VBA.

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This publication assumes the learner has a good knowledge of working with Excel. The learner should at least be able to create and edit workbooks, enter formulas, copy, paste, and format data. The learner must also have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment and be able to use Windows Explorer to locate and copy files.

• Recording Macros
• Recorder Workshop
• Understanding Exel VBA
• The VBA Editor
• Procedures
• using variables
• Functins in VBA
• Using Excel Objects
• Programming Techniques
• Creating Custom Forms
• Progarmming UserForms
• Automatic Startup
• Error handling

At the completion of this course the learner should be able to:

• create recorded macros in Excel
• use the macro recorder to create a variety of macros
• understand the Excel object model and VBA concepts
• work effectively with the main features of the VBA Editor window
• create procedures in VBA
• create and use variables
• create and work with user-defined functions in VBA
• write code to manipulate Excel objects
• use a range of common programming techniques
• create a custom form complete with an assortment of controls
• create code to drive a user form
• create procedures that start automatically
• write a variety of error handling routines

Watsonia 156 page workbook and files on CD.

Windows operating system with Microsoft Excel 2010 installed.

Many of the topics in Programming in VBA Using Microsoft Excel 2010 require you to open an existing file with data in it. These files can be downloaded from our web site, but are also included on a CD at the back of the book.

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22 hours.