VBA Essentials using Microsoft Excel
Course Overview
This course is aimed at those people who find they have reached their limit with the menu items of Excel and need to modify Excel to be better suited to their environment, by creating their own functions and procedures.Course Objectives
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- Go beyond the user interface of Excel into the Visual Basic for Applications component. This will allow delegates to be able to write/modify programs using Visual Basic for Applications. Delegates will be able to :
- Control and manipulate Excel using Visual Basic Code
- Create forms to enter data directly onto your spreadsheet
- Write complicated macros to check spreadsheet data
- Create functions that will perform complex calculations
Prerequisites
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- Delegates should have attended the Excel level 3 course or have equivalent knowledge. Previous use of macros would be an advantage, but is not essential.
Course Content
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Getting Started
Introducing Visual Basic for Applications
Recording a Macro
Running a Macro
Editing a Macro in the Visual Basic Editor
The Development Environment
Visual Basic Help
Closing the Visual Basic Editor -
Working with Procedures and Functions
Understanding Modules
Creating a Standard Module
Understanding Procedures
Creating a Sub Procedure
Calling Procedures
Using the Immediate Window to Call Procedures
Creating a Function Procedure
Naming Procedures
Code Editor -
Understanding Objects
Navigating the Excel Object Hierarchy
Understanding Collections
Object Browser
Working with Properties
Using the With Statement
Working with Methods
Event Procedures -
Using Expressions, Variables, and Intrinsic Functions
Understanding Expressions and Statements
Declaring Variables
Data Types
Working with Variable Scope
Intrinsic Functions
Understanding Constants
Intrinsic Constants
Message Boxes
Input Boxes
Declaring and Using Object Variables -
Controlling Program Execution
Understanding Control-of-Flow Structures
Boolean Expressions
If...End If Decision Structures
Select Case...End Select Structure
Do...Loop Structure
For...Next Structure
For Each...Next Structure
Guidelines for use of Control-of-Flow Structures -
Working with Forms and Controls
Understanding UserForms
Toolbox
UserForm Properties, Events, and Methods
Understanding Controls
Setting Control Properties in the Properties Window
Label Control
Text Box Control. Command Button Control, Combo Box Control, Frame Control and Option Button Controls
Control Appearance
Setting the Tab Order
Populating a Control
Adding Code to Controls
Launching a Form in Code -
Debugging Code
Understanding Errors
Debugging Tools
Setting Breakpoints
Stepping through Code
Break Mode during Run mode
Determining the Value of Expressions -
Handling Errors
Understanding Error Handling
Understanding VBA's Error Trapping Options
Trapping Errors with the On Error Statement
Understanding the Err Object
Writing an Error-Handling Routine
Working with Inline Error Handling
Included with this course
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- Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
- Comprehensive course materials and exercises
- Telephone and Email Support
Public Scheduled Course Dates
Private Training
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Public Dates
Prices per delegate. All prices exclude VAT.29 Sep - 30 Sep 2025Virtual£68527 Nov - 28 Nov 2025Virtual£685Private Courses
Private courseFlexible date and locationFrom£1790 +VAT for up to 8 delegates -
VBA Essentials using Microsoft Excel Course Options
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