Excel VBA Training: Excel 2007 VBA Training

Course Number: VBA-112
Duration: 2 days
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Excel VBA Training Overview

Accelebrate's Excel VBA Training: Excel 2007 VBA training teaches attendees everything they need to know to create VBA applications within Excel.

Important Note: This course presumes that little or no time will be spent on your actual VBA projects. If you would like to include a day of time working on your actual VBA projects, please request the extended version of this course.

Location and Pricing

Most Accelebrate courses are taught on-site at our clients' locations worldwide for groups of 3 or more attendees and are customized to their specific needs. Please visit our client list to see organizations for whom we have recently delivered training. These courses can also be delivered as live, private online classes for groups that are geographically dispersed or wish to save on the instructor's or students' travel expenses. To receive a customized proposal and price quote private training at your site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, online classes for individuals. To see a schedule of online courses, please visit http://www.accelebrate.com/online_training/?action=course&page=EXC302.

Excel VBA Training Prerequisites

All attendees must have prior knowledge of Excel 2007. Prior scripting or programming knowledge is very helpful but not required.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Excel 2007 VBA training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes. Students "learn by doing," with immediate opportunities to apply the material they learn to real-world problems.

Excel VBA Training Materials

All attendees receive comprehensive courseware and a related textbook.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

A full installation of Microsoft Office 2007 (or at least Excel and Access), including Visual Basic support and Visual Basic Help.
If you have purchased this class, please contact us for additional setup details

Excel VBA Training Objectives

After completing this course, all attendees will learn 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 with the three main components of the VBA Editor window
Create command procedures
Create and use variables
Create and work with user-defined functions
Write code to manipulate Excel objects
Use a range of common programming techniques
Create a custom form complete with controls and event procedures
Code to drive a user form
Create procedures that start automatically
Write a variety of error handling routines

Excel VBA Training Outline

Overview

Recorded Macros

Understanding Excel Macros
Setting Macro Security
Saving A Document As Macro Enabled
Recording A Simple Macro
Running A Recorded Macro
Relative Cell References
Running A Macro With Relative References
Viewing A Macro
Editing A Macro
Assigning A Macro To The Toolbar
Running A Macro From The Toolbar
Assigning A Keyboard Shortcut To A Macro
Deleting A Macro
Copying A Macro
Tips For Developing Macros

Recorder Workshop

Preparing Data For An Application
Recording A Summation Macro
Recording Consolidations
Recording Divisional Macros
Testing Macros
Creating Objects To Run Macros
Assigning A Macro To An Object

Understanding VBA

VBA Terminology
About Objects
Accessing The Excel Object Model
Using The Immediate Window
Working With Object Collections
Setting Property Values
Working With Worksheets
Using The Object Browser
Programming With The Object Browser

Using The VBA Editor

The VBA Editor
Opening And Closing The Editor
Working With The Project Explorer
Working With The Properties Window
Working With The Work Area
Working With A Code Module
Setting Breakpoints In The Editor
Stepping Through A Procedure

Procedures

About Procedures
Creating A Command Procedure
Making Sense of IntelliSense
Using The Edit Toolbar
Commenting Statements
Indenting Code
Bookmarking In Procedures

Using Variables

Understanding Variables
Creating And Using Variables
Implicit And Explicit Declarations
The Scope Of Variables
Procedure Level Scoping
Module Level Scoping
Passing Variables By Reference
Passing Variables By Value
Data Types
Declaring Data Types
Using Arrays

User Defined Functions

About Functions
Creating Simple User-Defined Functions
Using User-Defined Functions
Using Multiple Arguments
Modifying A Function
Creating A Function Library

Using Excel Objects

Application Methods And Properties
Workbook Methods And Properties
Viewing Excel And The Editor Together
Using Workbook Objects
Worksheets Methods And Properties
Using Worksheet Objects
Range Methods And Properties
Using Range Objects
Using Objects In A Procedure

Programming Techniques

The MsgBox Function
Sending Messages To The User
InputBox Techniques
Using The InputBox Function
Using The InputBox Method
The If Statement
Using If For Single Conditions
Using If For Multiple Conditions
The Select Case Statement
Using The Select Case Statement
For Loops
Looping With Known Or Specified Iterations
The Do...Loop Statement
Looping With Unknown Iterations

Creating Custom Forms

About Custom Forms
Creating A Custom Form
Adding Text Boxes To A Form
Changing Text Box Control Properties
Adding Label Controls To A Form
Adding A Combo Box Control
Adding Option Buttons
Adding Command Buttons
Running A Custom Form

Programming UserForms

Handling Form Events
Initialising A Form
Closing A Form
Project Transferring Data From A Form
Running Form Procedures
Creating Error Checking Procedures
Running A Form From A Procedure
Creating Quick Access Toolbar Buttons

Automatic Startup

Programming Automatic Procedures
Running Automatic Procedures
Automatically Starting A Workbook

Error Handling

Error Types
The On Error Statement
Creating A Simple Error Handler
Using The Resume Statement
Using Decision Structures In Error,Handlers
Using The Err Object
Error Handling In Event Procedures
Defining Custom Errors

Conclusion