Getting Started with Macros & VBA
Webinar with Jon Acampora
1. A Macro is a written set of instructions that will perform actions in Excel when it runs.
Similar to a Recipe.
2. VBA is the programming language we use to write macros.
3. VBA can be used to automate Excel and save time with our jobs.
4. The Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook file type extension is .xlsm.
5. The Visual Basic button is on the Developer tab of the ribbon. Alt+F11 is the keyboard
shortcut to open the VB Editor.
6. The macro always starts with the word Sub, which stands for Sub Procedure.
7. Everything in Excel (sheets, ranges, charts) is an Object in VBA.
8. We can read and write object properties with VBA.
9. Methods are the actions that can be run on an object with VBA.
10. All of the objects, properties, and methods are organized in a hierarchy in the Excel
Object Model.
11. F8 is the keyboard shortcut to step through and run each line of the macro.
12. The For Next Loop is the most commonly used loop in VBA.
Additional Notes:
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