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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

By : Mike Van Niekerk
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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

By: Mike Van Niekerk

Overview of this book

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a programming language developed by Microsoft to automate tasks in MS Office applications. This book will help you to focus on the essential aspects of your role by automating mundane tasks in Excel and other Office applications. With comprehensive coverage of VBA delivered in the form of practice problems and bite-sized recipes, this book will help you to hit the ground running. Unlike most books that assume prior programming experience, this book starts with the fundamentals and gradually progresses to solving bigger problems. You’ll start by becoming familiar with VBA so that you can start recording macros right away. With this foundation in place, you’ll advance to using the full capabilities of the language as you apply loops, functions, and custom dialog boxes to design your own automation programs. You'll also get to grips with embedded macros and other advanced tools to enhance productivity and explore topics relating to app performance and security. Throughout this VBA book, you’ll cover multiple practice projects in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint while exploring tips and best practices to hone your skills. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to use VBA to create your own programs that control MS Office applications.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Referring to ranges

In this recipe, we will be working with Range objects, with specific instructions on how to refer to ranges. Keep in mind that the Range objects have properties and methods, like all other VBA objects. Range properties can be examined and changed, while methods perform certain actions on the object.

To eliminate any misunderstandings, let's first define the word range within the Excel environment.

A range can be a single cell, a group of cells, or a column or a row, or even the entire worksheet. Clicking on a cell – in other words, selecting a range – in any worksheet, or selecting a group of cells, is normal. That's what you do whenever you work in Excel.

Things change when you start working in the VBA Editor, though. There are no cells to click on, yet you still need to instruct Excel to select cells or assign values to cells. And what do you do when you need to retrieve values from cells and use them in calculations?

As if...