Unlock Excel VBA and Excel Macros
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Go from Beginner to Microsoft Excel VBA Expert!
I’ll take you step-by-step through engaging video tutorials and teach you everything you need to know to be able to use VBA to improve your work flow, save time and automate your current Excel projects.
What differentiates this course from the other Microsoft Excel VBA & macros courses? It includes:
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Over 50 Microsoft Excel VBA & macro examples. These are solutions my clients have needed through the years. They are likely to be useful for you too.
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Using the right VBA syntax is the most difficult part. An important topic which isn’t covered enough in other VBA courses. In this course you understand why you write things in certain ways.
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Create 3 Complete Excel VBA Tools. We go from idea to final product and cover each step.
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Over 100 pages of documentation (including useful code) so you can easily refer to it when in need.
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Simple explanations for complex concepts.
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High quality video and different delivery methods to keep things interesting.
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Lots of ideas to automate your current tasks.
Learn from Google or from this Course?
I’ve been there! I first learnt VBA from Google.
It was truly a light-bulb moment, when I realized that Google has some answers – it could give me some of the code I was looking for – but there two things missing:
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The WHY – why does the code work in one situation but not another.
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Structure – topic sequence, real-case examples, workbooks, documentation.
Don’t waste your time
Don’t waste your time on poor quality videos and confusing explanations. In this Excel VBA course, complex topics are taught in a simple way by an instructor with 17 years of experience. The content has been carefully crafted and clearly organized. The videos are high quality and include animations to emphasize points. Most importantly you learn VBA by doing.
“I have already tried some VBA classes but so far I was never able to apply what I learnt to my own work. This course is different. I have already used some of the techniques Leila is teaching and applied it to my work files. I was able to reduce manual work for me and my colleagues by creating my own macros from scratch. Highly recommended!!!” — Randy Taylor
“Leila is the real deal… there are many VBA courses on Udemy (some of which I’ve taken) that merely demonstrate the functionalities. Leila explains the important foundation concepts and how the model is set up allowing you to truly create VBA code from thought rather than copying and pasting from various places. Her class is professionally constructed, with resources and content for each lecture, practice content for you to try things yourself and good Q&A opportunities to answer specific questions. Trust me, this is the course you want to take.” — Justin Fazzio
What you can look forward to in this course:
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Understand how to use the right syntax in VBA
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Useful Excel VBA codes you can directly use for your work
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Use the macro recorder for simpler tasks and improve the code
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Working with the Visual Basic Editor
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Debugging tools and error handling methods
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Different ways to reference ranges and cells
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Different methods to loop
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How to work with data types
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PivotTables in Excel using VBA
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Importing data from other files and exporting data to text files
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Interacting with other applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
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ActiveX and Userforms to enhance the Excel interface
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Basically all the knowledge you need to automate tasks in Excel
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Course Structure & ContentCheck out what is included in the course and what you can do with Visual Basic in Microsoft Excel. You'll find examples to Excel tools you can create using VBA.
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Important Compatibility & Setup Information
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Course Resources: Download Course Project Files
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Course Expectations
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Course Outline for Quick Reference
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Overview: Macros & Visual Basic Editor (VBE)
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Steps to Your First Macro Recording
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Visual Basic Editor: What You Need to Know
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Project: Dynamic Cell Selection (Special Cells) - Perfect for Flexible Macros
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Project: Copy (Consolidate) Data - Absolute versus Relative Macro Recording
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7 Ways to Run Macros / VBA code (incl. creative & modern buttons)
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OFFICE 365 Update: Change from Excel Comments to Notes
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Activity: Record a Macro that Deletes all Comments
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What's the Difference Between Macros and VBA?
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Quiz: Test Your Knowledge on MacrosPlease fill out the following 4 questions to ensure you're ready to enter the next section.
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Overview: VBA Object Model (What you need to become an expert in VBA)
To become an expert in Excel VBA, it's important to fully understand the Object Model. This way you'd be able to write the correct VBA syntax for your Excel projects (without guessing!). Selecting the wrong combination of objects, properties and methods will result in errors in your code.
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VBA's Code Reference Object Library
Writing VBA code is all about manipulating objects on the screen. These objects have code words for easier reference. This code can be found in the VBA reference library. In this lecture you'll learn how to use the Excel VBA reference library so you can find the correct code for your Excel macro.
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VB Color Guidelines & Keyboard Shortcuts
In this lecture we cover a few essential Excel VBA concepts including what a sub and function procedures are and what the different color codes mean. We also learn some useful shortcuts we can use the VBA editor.
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Excel VBA Object Model
In this lecture we get into the setup of the object model. VBA syntax is object first, then action. Objects can also have relationships with other objects - you need to be aware of the object hierarchy. It gets really interesting and fun.
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Object Properties
In this lecture you learn all about Excel VBA object properties and what these are.
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Object Methods
When you start to learn Excel VBA, it's important to understand what methods are and how you can use them together with objects to automate tasks.
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How to Find the Object, Property & Method
VBA syntax is not easy to remember. How do you find the correct object, property or method that you need for your code?
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Test Your Knowledge about the Object Model
Make sure you answer these before moving on to the next section.
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Conclusion: Key Takeaways & Message from Me
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Overview: Referencing Ranges, Worksheets & Workbooks
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Referring to Ranges & Writing to Cells in VBA
This lecture is a complete guide that teaches you how to refer and write to a range or to cells in Excel VBA. You'll learn how to change a cells value with VBA by using range and the cells property, the offset property. You'll also learn how to refer to different ranges in one statement, how to select a row or a column with VBA and how the used range property works.
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Most Useful Range Properties & Methods
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4 Methods to Find the Last Row of your Range
Find out how find the last empty row or the last empty column using different methods. Some work also with blank cells inside the data set. We take a look at using the end property of the range object. Then the current region property and the used range property of the worksheet object. We also take a look at using SpecialCells method to find the last used cell in the worksheet.
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Copying & resizing a variably sized range
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Properly Referencing Worksheets
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Properly Referencing Workbooks
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Activity: Save a Hard-coded Copy of Workbook
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Project: Save Hard-coded Copy & Macro-free version of workbook
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Key Takeaways for Referencing Ranges
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Overview: Role of Assignment & Variables
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Data Types for Better Performance
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Declaring Variables, Arrays & Constants (Role of Option Explicit)
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Using Object Variables (Set statement)
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Scoping Variables
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Activity: Revisit Hard-coded Workbook Project & Use Variable Assignment
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Test Your Knowledge on Variables and data types
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Key Takeaways for Working with Variables
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Overview: Why Collections are a VBA Essential
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With & End With for Easier Code Writing
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For Each to Loop Through Collections (sheets, ranges etc.) in one go
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IF Then (Else, ElseIF) for Conditional Outcomes
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Select Case as Alternative for Many IF Statements
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Goto Statement to Change Program Flow
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Activity: Get the Number of Formulas on the worksheet
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Project: Get the Number of Formulas on the Worksheet
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Bonus: Unhide All Sheets in One Go
Learn 3 ways how you can unhide all Excel tabs in one go. You can also apply this to all macro-free Excel Workbooks.
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Key Takeaways for Collections & Decision Making in VBA
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Overview: VBA versus Worksheet Functions
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Most Useful VBA Functions
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Message Box (also with Yes, No buttons)
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Input Box (VBA InputBox Function)
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Input Box that can Select Ranges (Excel InputBox Method)
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Activity: Show Top 3 Values in a Message Box Based on Range Selected
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Project: Show Top 3 Values in a Message box based on Range Selected
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Key Takeaways Built-in Functions
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Overview: Debugging, Handling Errors & Procedure Scope
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Debugging Options: Watch, Locals, Immediate Windows & More
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Error Handling: Different Methods
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Faster Code by Suppressing Pop-ups & Flickering Screen
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Procedure Scope & Running one Sub from Another
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Passing Arguments to Sub Procedures (By Ref, By Val)
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Activity: Get the Total Number of Formulas (or Comments) Used in a Workbook
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Project: Get the Total Number of Formulas (or Comments) Used in a Workbook
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Key Takeaways Debugging, Error Handling & Course Map Status
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Project overview: Table of Contents (TOC) with one click
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TOC Project: The Basics
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TOC Project: Adding Hyperlinks
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TOC Project: Testing the VBA Code
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TOC Project: Adding Error Handling & More Checks
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TOC Project: Adding to Personal Macro Workbook (Make it Available to all Files)
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First Milestone Completed!
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Section Overview: Looping in VBA
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For Next Counter Loops (Simple Example)
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For Next Nested Loop (Loop through Text & Cells)
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For Next Reverse Loop (Delete Filtered/Hidden Rows)
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Do Until & Do While Loop
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Practical Example of Do Loop (with Inputbox)
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Find Method for Quicker Lookup Results
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Find Method with Do Loop - Multiple Matches
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Add a Timer to Test & Speech to Inform
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Activity: Document all Comments in Workbook in a Sheet
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Project: Document all Comments in Workbook in a Sheet
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Useful VBA Statements & Key takeaways for Looping in VBA
