Excel 2016 VBA and Macros, 1st edition
- Bill Jelen |
- Tracy Syrstad |
Title overview
Students will learn how to make Excel do things they thought were impossible, discover macro techniques not found anywhere else, and create automated reports that are amazingly powerful. Bill Jelen and Tracy Syrstad help readers instantly visualize information. Readers will find simple, step-by-step instructions, real-world case studies, and 50 workbooks packed with bonus examples, macros, and solutions–straight from MrExcel!
- The fastest, best way to go beyond the Macro Recorder and move up the Excel VBA learning curve
- Shows how to automate powerful new Excel 2016 features for analysis, formatting, sharing, and presentation
- Includes the best practical explanation of object-oriented programming for non-programmers ever written
- Co-authored by Excel legend and Microsoft MVP Bill Jelen ("MrExcel") as part of the popular MrExcel's Library series
Approximately what percentage of content will change? 40%
All 2016 features
Polishing the chapters where we are smarter now.
Table of contents
Introduction ....................................................................................1
What Is in This Book? ................................................................1
Reducing the Learning Curve ......................................1
Excel VBA Power .................................................................2
Techie Stuff Needed to Produce Applications ......................................................................................2
Does This Book Teach Excel? ........................................2
The Future of VBA and Windows Versions of Excel .....................................................................................4
Versions of Excel .................................................................4
Differences for Mac Users ..............................................4
Special Elements and Typographical Conventions ......................................................................................5
Code Files .........................................................................................5
Next Steps ........................................................................................5
1 Unleashing the Power of Excel with VBA .................................................................................7
The Power of Excel ......................................................................7
Barriers to Entry ...........................................................................7
The Macro Recorder Doesn’t Work! .........................7
No One on the Excel Team Is Focused on the Macro Recorder ..................................................8
Visual Basic Is Not Like BASIC......................................8
Good News: Climbing the Learning Curve Is Easy .............................................................................9
Great News: Excel with VBA Is Worth the Effort .................................................................................9
Knowing Your Tools: The Developer Tab .........................9
Understanding Which File Types Allow Macros .........................................................................................10
Macro Security ...........................................................................12
Adding a Trusted Location .........................................12
Using Macro Settings to Enable Macros in Workbooks Outside Trusted Locations ..................................................13
Using D
Author bios
Bill Jelen, Excel MVP and the host of MrExcel.com, has been using spreadsheets since 1985, and he launched the MrExcel.com website in 1998. Bill was a regular guest on Call for Help with Leo Laporte and has produced more than 1,900 episodes of his daily video podcast, Learn Excel from MrExcel. He is the author of 44 books about Microsoft Excel and writes the monthly Excel column for Strategic Finance magazine. Before founding MrExcel. com, Bill Jelen spent 12 years in the trenches—working as a financial analyst for finance, marketing, accounting, and operations departments of a $500 million public company. He lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife, Mary Ellen.
Tracy Syrstad is a Microsoft Excel developer and author of eight Excel books. She has been helping people with Microsoft Office issues since 1997, when she discovered free online forums where anyone could ask and answer questions. Tracy found out she enjoyed teaching others new skills, and when she began working as a developer, she was able to integrate the fun of teaching with one-on-one online desktop sharing sessions. Tracy lives on acreage in eastern South Dakota with her husband, one dog, two cats, one horse (two, hopefully soon), and a variety of wild foxes, squirrels, and rabbits.