Microsoft Office training - Excel VBA macros

VBA Training

Automating Excel with Macros Training Course

£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

Locations:Manchester, London
Next course:Thu 26 April 2018
Time:09.30-16.30

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Course Contents

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

Why Choose Us?

No more than 6 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
572 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

"Good content and pace - perfect."

Darren Harriss (Shell Global Solutions (UK))

"I thought the course was excellent and if the needs arise I will certainly look to do the Advanced VBA course."

Andrew Glinwood (Downey & Co Ltd)

"Great course with an enthusiastic tutor. Enjoyable two days."

Daniel Brooke (Investec Wealth Investment Limited)

"Trainer was very enthusiastic and engaging. Am very pleased with the course content and delivery. Course handout material is very useful to take away."

Kiran Thiara (Freemans Grattan Holdings)

"Excellent trainer - very knowledgeable and welcoming. Useful to have examples to run through and exercises to put into practise. Handy manuals to take away and refer to. Recommended by colleagues who had already attended."

Eliza Hartley (Royal Bank of Scotland)

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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.

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VBA exercises

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VBA videos

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

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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 Excel VBA skills assessment 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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