Quickly teach yourself how to automate tasks and create custom spreadsheet solutions with Excel 2007 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Create macros to automate repetitive tasks Automatically format charts, shapes, and text Manipulate tables and other objects—even build PivotTable reports Write your own functions and procedures Use loops and conditions to add decision logic to macros Build custom command buttons, dialog boxes, and user forms Your all-in-one learning experience includes: Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons Fully searchable eBook Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Step-by-step instructions for creating VBA macros Harness the power of VBA and create custom Excel applications Make Excel 2007 work for you! This clear, nonintimidating guide shows you how to use VBA to create Excel apps that look and work the way you want. Packed with plenty of sample programs, it explains how to work with range objects, control program flow, develop custom dialog boxes, create custom toolbars and menus, and much more. Discover how to Grasp essential programming concepts Use the Visual Basic Editor Navigate the new Excel user interface Communicate with your users Deal with errors and bugs

Teach yourself how to use Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) to take command of Microsoft Excel Version 2002. Choose your own best starting point in this self-paced guide to learn how to automate spreadsheets, write your own functions and procedures, customize menus and toolbars, and more. Easy-to-follow lessons with real-world scenarios and examples show you exactly how to maximize the built-in programming power in Microsoft Excel 2002. Numerous screenshots and a CD full of practice files help you master step-by-step programming procedures. Find out how to create custom solutions with Microsoft Excel and this book—then keep it nearby as an ongoing desktop reference to VBA functions and features. Learn at your own pace how to: Use macros to automate simple and complex tasks Manipulate workbooks and worksheets Explore range objects Work with graphical objects Build and manipulate PivotTable® objects Create loops and conditional statements with Visual Basic Use dialog box controls on worksheets Create and use custom functions and handle macro errors Create custom toolbar buttons, menu commands, command buttons, event handlers, and dialog boxes A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].

There are an estimated 400 million Excel users, very few of whom know how to use Excel VBA effectively. This book is designed to get Excel users up and running with Excel VBA. Users will quickly learn how to automate reports and design applications. Brilliant Excel VBA & Macros explains the shortcomings of the macro recorder, but also covers how to take the recorded code and turn it into something really useful. Once the user has mastered the macro recorder, the book explains how to understand the object- oriented Visual Basic for Applications Language. Throughout the book there are no-nonsense, step-by-step tutorials and lots of practical examples aimed directly at business users.

Explore and customize your Office applications with Visual Basic for Applications: Beginning Course. This text provides a thorough introduction to the Visual Basic for Applications language and features step-by-step instructions to guide students in programming the Microsoft Office applications. Extensive end-of chapter exercises also offer plenty of hands on practice and reinforcement.

Provides a step-by-step guide to using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and macros to import data and produce reports in Microsoft Excel 2010.

Excel 2007 Programming by Example with XML and ASP offers a hands-on approach for those looking to extend and customize Excel functionality. From recording a simple macro and writing VBA code to working with XML documents and using ASP to accss and display data, this book takes you on a progrmming journey that will change the way you work with Excel. Learn how to automate spreadsheet tasks with macros; write VBA code to program PivotTables, generate charts, build dialog boxes, and customize the Ribbon; handle errors and debug programs; create hyperlinks and publish HTML files. Retrieve data from the web directly into Excel; develop and manipulate smart tags using XML.