Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Excel VBA - What is a Macro

Macro?

Excel VBA, which stands for Excel Visual Basic for Applications, is the name of  programming language of Microsoft Excel. With Excel VBA you can automate a task in Excel by writing a so called Macro. This can save you a lot of time! More importantly there are certain things you cannot do with Excel alone. 

Excel VBA allows you to do these things in Excel.

1 Create a Macro: To create a macro in Excel VBA, first activate Excel Visual Basic. Next,                    you can create a command button and assign a macro to the command button.

2 Excel Macro Recorder: The Excel Macro Recorder is a very useful tool included in Excel VBA. With the Excel Macro Recorder you can record a task you perform with Excel. Next, you can execute the task over and over with the click of a button which can save you a lot of time. This chapter explains the ins and outs of the Excel Macro Recorder.

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