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Excel VBA and Macros with MrExcel LiveLessons (Video Training)

By Bill Jelen
Published Apr 9, 2009 by Que. Part of the LiveLessons series.

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Copyright 2009
Dimensions: 7-1/2" x 9-1/8"
Pages: 144
Edition: 1st

DVD
ISBN-10: 0-7897-3938-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-3938-4

DVD includes:

7+ HOURS OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION
50 TIPS & TECHNIQUES
SKILLS YOU CAN LEARN IN Fifteen MINUTES OR LESS

Overview

In Excel VBA and Macros with MrExcel, renowned Excel instructor and author Bill Jelen (MrExcel) teaches all the skills you’ll need to automate virtually any routine task with Excel and build powerful Excel macros! This package brings together nearly eight hours hours of personalized, expert video training: 50 quick, practical video lessons that demonstrate all the skills you’ll need to successfully use both the Excel macro recorder and the Visual Basic for Applications development environment. You’ll learn one step at a time, at your own pace–using hands-on examples that reflect realistic challenges and showcase Excel’s remarkable capabilities. Along the way, Jelen will take you from the absolute basics through PivotTables and data filtering.

Excel VBA and Macros with MrExcel delivers the power of the best classroom training at a small fraction of the cost. If you don’t have time to read a huge book on Excel macros and scripting, this is exactly what you’ve been searching for!

For all serious Excel users: managers, financial pros, entrepreneurs, marketers, analysts, and more.

Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading technology experts.

LiveLessons are video courses are organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions–you’ll learn key skills in as little as fifteen minutes!
Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress.
Follow along as your trainer shows you how to make the most of Excel’s macro recorder and its powerful VBA development environment!

Bill Jelen is called MrExcel for a reason! Nobody knows more about Excel macros and scripting–and nobody knows more about teaching these skills to working professionals! Thought you’d never write your own Excel macros and programs? Think again! You will…and you can start in just minutes!

Bill Jelen, known worldwide as MrExcel, presents live Excel seminars across the United States and appears in over 800 podcast episodes. His 20 Excel books include Special Edition Using Excel 2007 and VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel. His website, MrExcel.com, answers 30,000 Excel questions per year.

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Sample Content

Part 1 Recording Macros XIV

Lesson 1 Enable the Developer Tab 1

What You Will Learn................................................................................1

Notes from the Lesson............................................................................1

Differences in Excel 2003........................................................................1

Lesson 2 Recording Your First Macro 2

What You Will Learn................................................................................2

Notes from the Lesson............................................................................2

In Excel 2003 ...........................................................................................2

Code from the Lesson.............................................................................3

Lesson 3 Running a Macro 4

What You Will Learn................................................................................4

Notes from the Lesson............................................................................4

In Excel 2003 ...........................................................................................5

Code from the Lesson.............................................................................5

Lesson 4 Keys to Successful Recording 6

What You Will Learn................................................................................6

Notes from the Lesson............................................................................6

In Excel 2003 ...........................................................................................6

Code from the Lesson.............................................................................7

Lesson 5 Variable Number of Rows 8

What You Will Learn................................................................................8

Related Lessons.......................................................................................8

Notes from the Lesson............................................................................8

Code from the Lesson.............................................................................8

Lesson 6 Adding Totals 9

What You Will Learn................................................................................9

Notes from the Lesson............................................................................9

Code from the Lesson.............................................................................9

Lesson 7 Opening a Workbook with Macros 12

What You Will Learn..............................................................................12

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................12

In Excel 2003 .........................................................................................12

Part II Visual Basic Editor 13

Lesson 8 Introducing the VBA Editor 14

What You Will Learn..............................................................................14

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................14

In Excel 2003 .........................................................................................14

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................14

Lesson 9 VBA Help 15

What You Will Learn..............................................................................15

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................15

Lesson 10 Object Browser 16

What You Will Learn..............................................................................16

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................16

Lesson 11 Stepping Through Code 17

What You Will Learn..............................................................................17

Related Lessons.....................................................................................17

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................17

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................18

Lesson 12 Immediate Window 19

What You Will Learn..............................................................................19

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................19

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................19

Lesson 13 The Watch Window 22

What You Will Learn..............................................................................22

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................22

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................22

Lesson 14 Breakpoints 24

What You Will Learn..............................................................................24

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................24

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................24

Part III VBA Syntax 25

Lesson 15 VBA Parts of Speech 26

What You Will Learn..............................................................................26

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................26

Lesson 16 Using Regular Variables 27

What You Will Learn..............................................................................27

Related Lesson ......................................................................................27

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................27

In Excel 2003 .........................................................................................27

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................28

Lesson 17 Using Object Variables 29

What You Will Learn..............................................................................29

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................29

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................30

Lesson 18 Better Ways to Refer to Cells 31

What You Will Learn..............................................................................31

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................31

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................31

Lesson 19 To Declare or Not To Declare? 33

What You Will Learn..............................................................................33

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................33

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................34

Part IV Making Decisions 35

Lesson 20 If…Then 36

What You Will Learn..............................................................................36

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................36

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................36

Lesson 21 If…Then…Else 37

What You Will Learn..............................................................................37

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................37

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................37

Lesson 22 Select Case 38

What You Will Learn..............................................................................38

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................38

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................38

Part V Looping 40

Lesson 23 Finding the Final Row 41

What You Will Learn..............................................................................41

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................41

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................41

Lesson 24 Basic Looping 42

What You Will Learn..............................................................................42

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................42

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................43

Lesson 25 Loop Example 44

What You Will Learn..............................................................................44

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................44

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................45

Lesson 26 Deleting While Looping 46

What You Will Learn..............................................................................46

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................46

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................46

Lesson 27 Every Other Row Loops 47

What You Will Learn..............................................................................47

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................47

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................47

Lesson 28 Other Legacy Loops 49

What You Will Learn..............................................................................49

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................49

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................49

Lesson 29 For Each Loops 51

What You Will Learn..............................................................................51

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................51

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................52

Part VI Worksheets and Workbooks 53

Lesson 30 Creating Worksheets 54

What You Will Learn..............................................................................54

Related Lesson ......................................................................................54

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................54

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................55

Bonus Code .................................................................................56

Lesson 31 Creating Workbooks 57

What You Will Learn..............................................................................57

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................57

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................58

Lesson 32 Listing Files in a Folder 60

What You Will Learn..............................................................................60

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................60

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................60

Bonus Code .................................................................................63

Lesson 33 Combining Workbooks 65

What You Will Learn..............................................................................65

Related Lesson ......................................................................................65

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................65

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................66

Part VII Formulas 68

Lesson 34 A1-Style Formulas 69

What You Will Learn..............................................................................69

Related Lesson ......................................................................................69

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................69

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................70

Lesson 35 R1C1-Style Formulas 71

What You Will Learn..............................................................................71

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................71

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................72

Lesson 36 Using Excel Functions in Code 73

What You Will Learn..............................................................................73

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................73

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................74

Lesson 37 Adding Functions to Excel 85

What You Will Learn..............................................................................85

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................85

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................86

Part VIII Power Tools 87

Lesson 38 Advanced Filter 88

What You Will Learn..............................................................................88

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................88

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................90

Lesson 39 Filter Instead of Looping 92

What You Will Learn..............................................................................92

Related Lesson ......................................................................................92

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................92

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................93

Lesson 40 Pivot Tables 94

What You Will Learn..............................................................................94

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................94

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................95

Lesson 41 Charts 98

What You Will Learn..............................................................................98

Notes from the Lesson..........................................................................98

Code from the Lesson...........................................................................99

Lesson 42 Event Handler Macros 100

What You Will Learn............................................................................100

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................100

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................101

Part IX Interacting 103

Lesson 43 Interacting 104

What You Will Learn............................................................................104

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................104

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................105

Lesson 44 Getting File Names 106

What You Will Learn............................................................................106

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................106

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................106

Lesson 45 Userforms 108

What You Will Learn............................................................................108

Related Lessons...................................................................................108

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................108

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................111

Lesson 46 Error Handling 112

What You Will Learn............................................................................112

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................112

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................113

Lesson 47 Suppressing Alerts 117

What You Will Learn............................................................................117

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................117

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................117

Lesson 48 Faster Code 118

What You Will Learn............................................................................118

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................118

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................118

Part X Best Practices 119

Lesson 49 Separating Code and Data 120

What You Will Learn............................................................................120

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................120

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................120

Lesson 50 Cleaning Recorded Code 122

What You Will Learn............................................................................122

Notes from the Lesson........................................................................122

Code from the Lesson.........................................................................123

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