Excel VBA and Macros with MrExcel: LiveLessons Book/DVD Package

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DVD includes:

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

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, on DVD with a book supplement, that 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 willand 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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CONTENTS:

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 IfThen 36

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

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

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

Lesson 21 IfThenElse 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

    Next Steps

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