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    VBA for Excel: Programming VBA Macros - The Easy Introduction for Beginners and Non-Programmers
    VBA for Excel: Programming VBA Macros - The Easy Introduction for Beginners and Non-Programmers
    VBA for Excel: Programming VBA Macros - The Easy Introduction for Beginners and Non-Programmers
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    VBA for Excel: Programming VBA Macros - The Easy Introduction for Beginners and Non-Programmers

    By Andrew Patterson

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    *** Learn the basics of VBA in less than one day ***

    This e-book is an introductory course to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), an incredibly useful tool that can make your day-to-day work with Microsoft Excel a lot easier and increase your productivity enormously. With VBA you can automate Excel work that would take a lot of time if done manually. Whether it's copying data from one workbook or worksheet to another, reacting to user input or performing complex calculations on your data - VBA is the right tool to save time and effort on many tasks you face every day.

    However, many people are afraid of VBA programming because it is an activity unlike any they have done before. They think it’s something for nerds. They think it’s abstract, complex and difficult to learn.
    It’s not.

    This book, specifically written for e-book readers, will guide you safely through your first steps with VBA. It is made for learners with no prior programming experience.

    Unlike many other books, we spare you all the technical details of the VBA programming language that are actually only interesting for academic computer scientists. Instead, our introduction focuses on the topics you really need to know to apply VBA successfully in your work or study environment.
    You can work through this book in less than a day and get a good understanding of how VBA works and how you can use it to boost your productivity.

    In this book you will learn:

    * What VBA is and why it is so incredibly useful
    * How to write VBA code and execute it in Excel
    * Which VBA commands are available and how you can use them in your macros
    * How to make your macros work with workbooks, worksheets and the data on them
    * How to automatize repetitive Excel tasks intelligently
    * How to find and eliminate errors in your programs and make your macros run smoothly

    This book is ideal for:

    * Professionals and (college) students who use Excel and are tired of their time-consuming and error-prone manual work
    * Learners with no prior programming experience
    * Everyone who works with Excel and wants to save time and effort (and probably impress your boss, coworkers or friends)

    Download the book now and start learning VBA today!

    Tags: VBA, Visual Basic for Applications, Macros, Programming, Excel, Beginners, Introduction

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrew Patterson
    Release dateJan 31, 2018
    ISBN9781370048649
    VBA for Excel: Programming VBA Macros - The Easy Introduction for Beginners and Non-Programmers

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      VBA for Excel - Andrew Patterson

      VBA for Excel

      Programming VBA Macros

      The Easy Introduction for Beginners and Non-Programmers

      By Andrew J. Patterson

      © Copyright 2017 - All rights reserved.

      The contents of this book may not be reproduced, duplicated or transmitted without direct written permission from the author.

      Under no circumstances will any legal responsibility or blame be held against the publisher for any reparation, damages, or monetary loss due to the information herein, either directly or indirectly.

      Legal Notice:

      You cannot amend, distribute, sell, use, quote or paraphrase any part or the content within this book without the consent of the author.

      Disclaimer Notice:

      Please note the information contained within this document is for educational purposes only. No warranties of any kind are expressed or implied. Readers acknowledge that the author is not engaging in the rendering of legal, financial, medical or professional advice.

      By reading this document, the reader agrees that under no circumstances is the author responsible for any losses, direct or indirect, which are incurred as a result of the use of information contained within this document, including, but not limited to, errors, omissions, or inaccuracies.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: What is VBA? Why is it so useful?

      Chapter 2: How to work with VBA in Excel

      Working with the VBA Editor

      Calling your macros from Excel

      Recording macros – an easy way to produce VBA code

      Chapter 3: Making your code readable and understandable

      Using comments

      Indentation

      Line Breaks

      Chapter 4: Working with Data – Variables and Constants

      Data types

      Declaring Variables and Constants

      Arrays

      Chapter 5: Modularizing Your Programs – Functions and Sub Procedures

      Functions and sub procedures – what’s the difference?

      Arguments

      Functions

      Sub procedures

      Scope of Procedures

      Exiting the Function or Sub Procedure Early

      Chapter 6: Making Decisions in Your Program – Conditional Statements

      The if…then Statement

      The Select Case Statement

      Chapter 7: Repeating Actions – Loops

      The For Loop

      The For Each Loop

      The Exit For Statement

      The Do While Loop

      The Do Until Loop

      Chapter 8: Using Operators and Built-In Functions

      Operators

      Mathematical

      String Operators

      Comparison Operators

      Logical Operators

      Built-In Functions

      Chapter 9: Working with Excel Objects

      Accessing Excel Objects

      Assigning Objects to Variables

      The Active Object

      How to Change the Current Active Object

      Object Properties

      Object Methods

      Some examples

      Chapter 10: Error Types

      Compile Errors

      Logical Errors

      Chapter 11: Special Topic – Introduction to Debugging

      Setting a Breakpoint

      Working with the Debug Mode

      Conclusion

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      Chapter 1: What is VBA? Why is it so useful?

      VBA is an acronym for Visual Basic for Applications and is a Microsoft programing language. It is mostly used in the standard Microsoft Office applications, like Word, Access and primarily in Excel. With VBA, you can build customized programs (also called macros) that make use of the Office applications’ standard features. You do not have to program everything yourself. Just use the tools that Microsoft Office brings with it and combine them in the way you need. Consider, for example, the ‘Remove Duplicates’ feature in Excel. Programming this yourself is a lot of work. But with VBA, you can use Excel’s ‘Remove Duplicates’ feature out of the box and integrate it into your own program. Another major advantage to using VBA is that – unlike other programming languages – there is no need to install it on your computer. Simply install Microsoft Office and you will have it.

      VBA can be used in all Office versions, from 97 right up to Office 2016 and beyond. Excel VBA is the single most popular one in use and that is what you will be learning about in this book.

      Microsoft Excel is already packed with useful features, all built in and ready for you to use so why would you need to use VBA as well? Quite simply, Excel functions are basic and you may find that there isn’t one for what you want to do, specifically if you are looking to perform calculations or other operations that are somewhat more complex. Some of the things that you probably already use Excel for are:

      Keeping lists

      Household or business budgets and forecasts

      Analysis of scientific data

      Creating forms and invoices

      The list is a lot

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