Brilliant VBA For Office 2007

Description

When you're working on your computer and come up against a problem that you're unsure how to solve or want to accomplish something in an application that you aren't sure how to do, where do you look? Manuals and traditional training guides are too unwieldly and make it hard to get to the info you need right away, and helplines are rarely that helpful. Brilliant guides allow you to find the info you need easily and without fuss and guide you through the task using a highly visual, step-by-step approach - providing exactly what you need to know, when you need it.

Brilliant VBA for Microsoft(R) Office 2007 will show you how to take full advantage of the Microsoft Office 2007 suite of applications by automating routine Office tasks - using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to accomplish things you once performed manually. This book will help you learn how to leverage the power of VBA to make your work with all Office applications more efficient than ever before. No matter which application you're using, there are some tasks you perform dozens of times, such as typing a section of text, running a series of menu commands, or formatting a document in a particular way. This book will shows you how to accomplish the same tasks by incorporating them into a macro that you can run with just a few mouse clicks or keystrokes.

This book will show you the basics of VBA programming from the ground up. Even if you've never programmed before, Brilliant VBA for Microsoft(R) Office 2007 will have you up to speed with VBA in no time.You'll learn how to write programs that control Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access databases, and even Outlook email.You get dozens of example macros that not only illustrate the concepts in the book but also provide you with practical, business-oriented tools that you can use right away to improve your productivity.

Brilliant VBA for Microsoft(R) Office 2007 includes...

· Practical, real-world examples for anyone who uses Office applications - not just power users.

· How to automate or streamline all your repetitive Word, Excel, and PowerPoint chores.

· How to create custom dialog boxes and custom Ribbon tabs, groups, and buttons to make Office look and work the way you want it to - no programming experience required!

· Easy-to-understand instructions that make learning VBA fast and fun.

· All code examples and documents - these are available online so you can get started with VBA with a minimum of fuss.

Paul McFedries is well-known as a teacher of Windows and Office, particularly Excel, and is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. Paul has been working with spreadsheets for more than 20 years and has been developing Excel solutions since the late 1980s. Now primarily a writer, Paul has written more than 50 books that have sold more than three million copies worldwide. These books include Brilliant Access 2007 Forms, Reports, and Queries; Brilliant Office 2007 Tips and Tricks; and Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed.

CONTENTS:

Introduction

I Getting Started with VBA

1 Creating and Running Recorded Macros

2 Writing Your Own Macros

3 Understanding Program Variables

4 Building VBA Expressions

5 Working with Objects

6 Controlling Your VBA Code

II Putting VBA to Work

7 Programming Word

8 Programming Excel

9 Programming PowerPoint

10 Programming Access Databases

11 Programming Outlook Email

III Getting the Most Out of VBA

12 Creating Custom VBA Dialog Boxes

13 Customizing the Office 2007 Ribbon

14 VBA Tips and Techniques

15 Trapping Program Errors

16 Debugging VBA Procedures

IV Appendixes

A VBA Statements

B VBA Functions

Index