Classroom Training

Excel VBA macros -

Classroom training course - online version also available

£695 + VAT for most venues (£850 + VAT for London)

2 days

Tired of repeating tasks in Excel? Perhaps it's time to automate your work, by learning how to write macros using the built-in VBA programming language (VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications, and is the language also used by Access, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint).

Course details

Possible locations:London, Manchester, Online
Next classroom course:Thu 10 February 2022
Time:10.00-16.30

SCHEDULED DATES Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The contents of this course are as follows:

Recording macros and buttons

Absolute and relative recording
Where macros can be stored
Assigning macros to buttons

Selecting cells

Selecting cells (absolute)
Selecting cells (relative)
Selecting to the end of a block
Selecting a range by its corners

The VB code editor

Using Project Explorer
Creating modules
Basic subroutines and comments

Messages and variables

Input boxes and message boxes
Declaring variables
Option Explicit
Scope of variables
Constants

Visual Basic explained

The Excel object model
Objects and collections
Methods and properties
Getting help in VBA

Loops and conditions

Simple IF conditions
Multiple IF and SELECT / CASE
Three main types of loop

Looping over collections

Object variables
Looping over collections

Event handling

Assigning macros to events
Cancelling events

Functions

Declaring functions
Passing arguments

Debugging and error handling

Setting breakpoints
Stepping through macros
ON ERROR statements

Forms

Drawing forms
Attaching macros to controls
Validating form input

Covered if time allows If time

Referencing other applications

Links to Word or Access
Working with files and folders

Delegates should be comfortable with using Excel (no advanced knowledge is needed). No experience of progamming is needed, although delegates should enjoy the logical challenge of learning new computer systems.

Why Choose Us?

No more than 5 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
534 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts (note that some of these reviews may be for our online courses).

"We had a fantastic mentor during the 2 day VBA introductory course. Very thorough in his explanations of the key terms and concepts which made it easy for myself (someone completely new to coding) to understand and build a solid foundation upon. "

Joe Franks (UP Global Sourcing (UK) Ltd)

"I now feel more at ease with something that has confused me for a while. I have greatly enjoyed the course and the content will be a great starting point to develop my knowledge. The guide and examples to take away are great and highly detailed. Very informative and easy to understand for a relatively new subject for me. Thank you for a lovely 2 days."

Sarah Barnes (Surrey County Council)

"Great sense of hospitality; lunches were excellent, good choice of venue, great booknote. The trainer delivered the course in a very easy to understand way for such an intense course. From colleagues who had attended the same course previously, I'd heard complimentary comments about tutor, material and lunches!"

Rouli Kalodiki (Partners for Improvement in Islington Ltd)

"Good content delivered in an easy-to-understand manner, without over-complicating. Been on previous courses & good experience, so natural progression."

Daniel Gates (ICE Futures Europe)

"Fantastic course, brilliant trainer; extremely friendly and knowledgeable. Learnt a huge amount! Course content was fantastic."

Alex Claydon (UP Global Sourcing (UK) Ltd)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

Scheduled Excel VBA macros training dates

Here are the classroom Excel VBA macros courses we have scheduled for the next 3 months:

Dates	Days	Venue	Price	Booking
Thu/Fri 10-11 February 2022	2	Manchester	£695	Book places
Mon/Tue 25-26 April 2022	2	Manchester	£695	Book places

Date(s)	Venue
10/02	Manchester
25/04	Manchester

All prices exclude VAT. If you can't see the dates you want, ask us about running onsite VBA training at your offices (we'll even provide and set up the computers).

Other Visual Basic for Applications training resources

VBA exercises

Teletubbies, Wombles, Elmer the elephant - there are all sorts of exciting exercises on VBA programming published on this site!

View Excel VBA or Advanced VBA exercises

VBA videos

We've created a suite of videos explaining different aspects of VBA (although people learn best from other people, we've found).

View Excel VBA - Basics, VBA User Forms, VBA - advanced, VBA - working with files, VBA - linking applications, Built-in VBA functions, VBA - working with data, VBA - scraping websites, Excel VBA - pivot tables, Excel VBA - charts, VBA - working with Outlook, VBA - working with shapes or VBA - classes and structures videos

VBA skills assessment

You can test your VBA knowledge by seeing how it stacks up relative to that of others at this skills assessment site.

View How well do you know Excel VBA? skills assessment tests

VBA blogs

There's a full-blown online tutorial included in the blogs we've published on Visual Basic for Applications.

View VBA macros blogs

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