Online Training

Excel VBA macros -

Live online training course - classroom version also available

£595 + VAT (where applicable)

Two days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications, and is the programming language which comes with Excel (and for that matter with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and many other applications). If you've heard people talk about Excel macros, these are just programs written in Excel VBA.

During this two-day course, you'll learn how to:

Move around a worksheet and select cells
Work with input boxes, message boxes and variables
Understand the building blocks of VBA (objects, collections, methods and properties)
Test conditions and execute loops
Iterate over the objects in a collection (which turns out to be a useful thing to do)
Create and use basic user forms

In fact the course will teach you everything you need to learn to become an accomplished VBA programmer in Excel (although be warned that you won't become an expert overnight - that takes months of practice!).

Course schedule

Here are our next few online Excel VBA macros course dates:

Dates	Times	Price (excl. VAT)
23-24 Aug	09:30-16:30	£595	Book
04-05 Oct	09:30-16:30	£595	Book
04-05 Nov	09:30-16:30	£595	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider creating your own customised online course to run on a date convenient to you).

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

You can download a PDF file giving the course contents.

Benefits of our online training

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl online courses:

Maximum of 5 people per class
Excellent colour courseware manual posted to you in advance
Pre-course set-up included in the days before the course
No need to install any software on your computer
All courses given by one of our 6 Wise Owl trainers
554 references viewable online

What other people have said

Many thanks to those listed below for kindly agreeing to let us use their names. All of the reviews are from the last 3 calendar years (although some may be for classroom courses):

"It was really good! A longer course where we covered more stuff and did more exercises would've been great but I can just practice at home. Trainer was knowledgeable and friendly. Will try to come back for something else in future. Other people at work have done Wise Owl courses before and it has a positive reputation from co-workers."

Kit Handscombe (AXA Liabilities Managers)

"The trainer was very patient and clear during training. The manual and exercise books and USB will be useful to remember what I've learned."

Kadija Saidi (Surrey County Council)

"Really thorough course. I've got lots of ideas of how to apply VBA in my work. Used Wise Owl in the past, found it very useful last time."

Matthew Tierney (United Endeavour Trust)

"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)

"Our Tutor, was most knowledgeable about the content of the course. He was also patient and made himself available during breaks and after course hours. He was also willing to go over any topic or interest we had on the subject. All in all - He was brilliant."

Samantha Jones (The Little Greene Paint Company Ltd)

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How our live online training courses work

We've published a full summary of what it's like to attend a Wise Owl course online - here are the main things you need to know.

What you'll need

You'll need three things for the course:

A computer (obviously) running Windows.
A good internet connection.
A microphone and (ideally) webcam.

In addition you'll find the course very difficult without an additional monitor (so that you can participate in the course on one screen, and use the software you're learning on the other).

What will happen when you book a place

Within a few hours of your booking a place on one of our online courses, we'll be in touch to get you set up correctly. This usually takes about half an hour, and can be done at any mutually convenient date/time.

A few days before your course begins you'll receive a parcel in the post (free for UK bookings) containing:

A full colour courseware manual;
An exercise booklet to go with the course; and
A USB stick containing the files for the course, should you need a back-up.

Your parcel will even include a Wise Owl Sheaffer biro (they're good; trust us) and pad.

What you won't need

You won't need to install any software at all on your computer. This is because:

you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed; and
we use Teams for our online training, which you can run through most modern browsers.

On and after the course

On the day of the course itself you will be able to join the course up to half an hour before it begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

After the course finishes you'll receive an electronic certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

You can see full details of exactly how our online courses work here.