EXCEL® VBA 24-HOUR TRAINER

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
▸ PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS
LESSON 1: Introducing VBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
LESSON 2: Getting Started with Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
LESSON 3: Introducing the Visual Basic Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LESSON 4: Working in the VBE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
▸ PART II: DIVING DEEPER INTO VBA
LESSON 5: Object-Oriented Programming: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
LESSON 6: Variables, Data Types, and Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
LESSON 7: Understanding Objects and Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
LESSON 8: Working with Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
LESSON 9: Making Decisions with VBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
▸ PART III: BEYOND THE MACRO RECORDER:
WRITING YOUR OWN CODE
LESSON 10: Repeating Actions with Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
LESSON 11: Programming Formulas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
LESSON 12: Working with Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
LESSON 13: Automating Procedures with Worksheet Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
LESSON 14: Automating Procedures with Workbook Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
LESSON 15: Handling Duplicate Items and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
LESSON 16: Using Embedded Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
LESSON 17: Programming Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
LESSON 18: Programming PivotTables and PivotCharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
LESSON 19: User-Defi ned Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
LESSON 20: Debugging Your Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

▸ PART IV: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES

LESSON 21: Creating UserForms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
LESSON 22: UserForm Controls and Their Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
LESSON 23: Advanced UserForms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
LESSON 24: Class Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
LESSON 25: Add-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
LESSON 26: Managing External Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
LESSON 27: Data Access with ActiveX Data Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
LESSON 28: Impressing Your Boss (or at Least Your Friends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
▸ PART V: INTERACTING WITH OTHER OFFICE APPLICATIONS
LESSON 29: Overview of Offi ce Automation from Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
LESSON 30: Working with Word from Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
LESSON 31: Working with Outlook from Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
LESSON 32: Working with Access from Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
LESSON 33: Working with PowerPoint from Excel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441