After this course, you can write your own VBA macros for tasks you currently repeat by hand, such as cleaning data, formatting reports or creating worksheets. You understand how Excel structures its objects, can read recorded code and can find errors yourself in debug mode. You also practise handling macro files safely. The course suits you if you know Excel well, have never programmed and regularly repeat the same steps.
What you’ll take away.
- Read recorded macros, clean them up and adapt them with purpose
- Use the Excel object model with its objects, properties and methods
- Use variables, branches and loops for your own routines
- Find and fix errors with breakpoints and watches in the editor
- Save and share macro files safely
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Experienced Excel users, for example in controlling, accounting or reporting, who want to automate recurring tasks without any programming background.
- Prerequisites
- You work confidently with formulas, worksheets and ranges in Excel. No programming experience is needed. You need a desktop version of Excel.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 3 training days. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
Developer tab, macro recorder and Visual Basic Editor
Object model: workbooks, worksheets and ranges
Variables, data types and procedures
Branches and loops
User input and messages
Troubleshooting in debug mode
Macro security, trusted locations and distribution
You automate a monthly report: the macro reads raw data, removes empty rows, formats the table and creates a separate sheet for each department.
Exams, licences & credentials
This course does not prepare you for a Microsoft certification exam. If your offer names an exam, the exam and its fees are included only if the offer confirms this. This is not an official vendor course unless the offer says so.
Vendor references & review date
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to know how to program?
No. Good Excel skills are enough. You start with the macro recorder and learn step by step to write the code yourself.
When is a macro worth the effort?
Mainly for tasks that come up often and always in the same way. You also check whether an Excel feature or a template would solve the problem more simply.
Does VBA work in Excel for the web?
No. In Excel for the web you cannot create, run or edit VBA macros, so you need a desktop version of Excel for the course.
Does VBA for Microsoft Excel: Writing Macros and Automating Tasks include a certificate?
This course does not prepare you for a Microsoft certification exam. If your offer names an exam, the exam and its fees are included only if the offer confirms this. This is not an official vendor course unless the offer says so.