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Excel Macros & Intro to VBA: Building Tools & Eliminating Repetition
Automate repetitive tasks and extend Excel’s capabilities with macros and VBA.
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Course outline
Topics covered
- Understanding macros and the VBA environment
- Recording, storing, and running macros
- Creating macros three ways: absolute, relative, and relative from a selection
- Building functional tools, like cleaning a column or adding leading zeros
- Introduction to the VBA editor and Project window
- Using pre-built code for common tasks: backups, tables of contents, moving data between sheets
- Visual Basic forms: building forms, controls, and displaying them
About this course
What this course covers
Excel macros and VBA are used to automate repetitive tasks, customize Excel’s functions, and streamline data processing. With VBA, you can create custom functions and procedures, making complex calculations and data manipulation possible and extending Excel into a more powerful, more efficient tool for data analysis and reporting.
Before you attend. This is an intermediate-level course. You should be a current Excel user and have taken at least Excel Level 1 and 2, or have equivalent experience. Taught in the Windows operating system environment.
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It is delivered live online, and in person at the Charlotte Learning Center. Each session runs 7 hours.
Current Excel users who have completed Excel Level 1 and 2, or have equivalent experience, and want to automate repetitive spreadsheet work.
A single seat is $339 for members and $459 for non-members. It is also included with a Class Pass.
Next: Dec 9 · 2 upcoming dates. Pick a date from the list above to register.
Yes. Private delivery is available for your organization, scheduled around your calendar, live online or on site.
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