Macros in MS Excel
To reduce carbon footprint, and reduce cost to you, we are a “paperless” course. Your course materials are available in digital format, and may be printed on-demand if a paper copy is required. This portal will serve as your one stop shop for all the information you need for your course. In this class, we will be using MS Excel. Depending on the version licensed to your computer, it may be a standalone application; or, it may be bundled under Microsoft Office, or Office 365.
Learning Objectives:
This course is a basic introduction to the Macros feature in Microsoft Excel, intended for people who have never formally used that feature. After completing this training, participants should have achieved the following deliverables.
Deliverables:
Upon completion of this 7.5-hour course, students will be able to:
Use the macro recorder to create a simple Excel macro
Implement the 5-step process for building simple macros
Open the Visual Basic editor to read, and modify recorded code
Troubleshoot macros by using the built-in debugging tools
Outline:
1. Introduction to Excel Macros
· Define “Excel Macro”
· Change Excel’s Macro security settings
· Run an Excel macro
2. Creating and recording macros
· Identify the five steps for creating a macro
· Display the Developer tab on the ribbon
· Record a macro
· Modify macro code
· Create Macro Buttons
· Save as a Macro Enabled Workbook
3. Variables and constants
· Declare variables
· Declare constants
· Change the scope of a variable or constant
4. Interacting with the user
· Display a message to the user
· Ask the user a Yes or No question
· Prompt the user to answer a fill in the blank question
· Allow the user to choose a filename