Product Description

• VBA is used for writing macros, automating Office applications, and creating custom applications in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access
• Easily accessible by novice programmers, VBA is also powerful enough for IT professionals who need to create specialized business applications, generating wide interest
• Completely revised for the new versions of the language and the Office suite, this book is the most up-to-date VBA guide on the market
• Includes what everyone, from power users to system administrators and professional developers, needs to know
• Covers all Office products in depth

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85826 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-31
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 736 pages

From the Back Cover
Mastering VBA

Want to Get More From Office? Use VBA to Customize It!

Mastering VBA is the quickest, easiest way to learn to use VBA programming to customize and improve Microsoft Office and hundreds of other VBA-enabled applications. Step-by-step instructions address both general techniques, suitable for any VBA host, and specific procedures for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. This book covers the Office 2003 applications, but you can use it to program Office XP and Office 2000 as well.

Coverage Includes

• Understanding what VBA is and what you can do with it
• Recording and editing macros in key Microsoft Office applications
• Creating and editing code using the Visual Basic Editor
• Finding the objects, properties, and methods you need for your code
• Using variables, constants, and arrays to store and manipulate data
• Creating fixed and indefinite loops to repeat actions
• Using conditions to decide between different courses of action
• Using message boxes, input boxes, and built-in dialog boxes to interact with the user
• Creating custom dialog boxes and coding their controls
• Building modular code for clarity and easy maintenance
• Testing, debugging, and improving your code
• Securing your code with digital certificates and VBA's security features

Automate Your Daily Work Using VBA

Add the Functionality You Need by Programming Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access

Build Custom User Interfaces with User Forms, Menus, and Toolbars

About the Author
Well into his second decade of rebooting Windows PCs, Guy Hart-Davis has written dozens of computer books, including Word 97 Macro & VBA Handbook, Word 2000 Developer's Handbook, and three editions of Mastering Windows XP Home Edition.

Customer Reviews

Mastering VBA as learning tool
Mastering VBA (Mastering)
I have only just started to use this book to learn VBA.
It is clear and concise and structured to lead a novice from basic macros through to more complex VBA scripting.
The examples and lessons cover Word, Excel and Powerpoint at the same time showing any differences between the programs.
It is well worth a look for people who use these packages but have not yet dabbled in VBA.

The greatest story ever told.
This book is an absolute page turner! Hemingway, Dumas? These witers are hacks compared to the prose of these accomplished writers. A must read!

False Advertising
I only had to scan the table of contents to realize that this product is not the "end-all" for VBA programming needs. The few dozen or so pages dedicated the MS Access are clearly nowhere near what is needed to leverage VBA capability for the program where it is most valuable: Access!

Database programmers - look elsewhere.