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What Is Excel VBA?: Guide: The Ultimate VBA Cheat Sheet

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is a programming language that allows users to customize Excel and other Microsoft Office programs. The guide provides an overview of VBA and how it can be used to automate tasks and make Excel more powerful. It explains that macros can be recorded or coded manually in VBA, and describes where the VBA coding window is located in Excel. Additional resources are recommended to continue learning VBA and advancing one's Excel skills.

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What Is Excel VBA?: Guide: The Ultimate VBA Cheat Sheet

VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) is a programming language that allows users to customize Excel and other Microsoft Office programs. The guide provides an overview of VBA and how it can be used to automate tasks and make Excel more powerful. It explains that macros can be recorded or coded manually in VBA, and describes where the VBA coding window is located in Excel. Additional resources are recommended to continue learning VBA and advancing one's Excel skills.

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What is Excel VBA?

VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications. Excel VBA is Microsoft’s programming language
for Excel and all the other Microsoft Office programs, like Word and PowerPoint. The Office
suite programs all share a common programming language.

Guide: The Ultimate VBA Cheat Sheet

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Why Use Excel VBA?

While users cannot directly manipulate the main Excel software through VBA, they can,
however, master the art of making macros to optimize their time in Excel. There are two ways to
make Excel macros.

The first method is to use the Macro Recorder. After activating the recorder, Excel will record all
the steps a user makes and save it as a “process” known as a macro. When the user ends the
recorder, this macro is saved and can be assigned to a button that will run the exact same process
again when clicked. This method is relatively simple and requires no inherent knowledge of the
VBA code. This method will work for simple processes.
However, the downfall of this method is that it is not very customizable, and the macro will
mimic the user’s input exactly. By default, recorder macros also use absolute referencing instead
of relative referencing. IKt means that macros made in this way are very hard to use
with variables and “smart” processes.

The second and more powerful method of creating an Excel macro is to code one using VBA.

Where to Code Excel VBA?

To access the VBA window, press Alt + F11 within any Office program. When done properly,
this will open a window with a file structure tree on the top left, properties on the bottom left, a
debug pane at the bottom center and bottom right, and the coding section that takes up the
majority of the screen in the center and top right. This may seem overwhelming at first, but in
reality, it’s simpler than it appears.

 
 

Most of the time, the user will be working in the coding section. The file structure section is only
used for creating a new macro file. The properties section in the bottom left will only be used for
more advanced macros that use UserForms to create graphical interfaces for the macro.

The coding section is where most, if not all, the coding happens. The user will create, code, and
save macros here. After the macro code is written and saved, it can then be attached to certain
triggers in the Excel model. The macro can be activated at the push of a specific button on the
worksheet, or when certain cells are modified, for example. The easiest way to implement a
macro is to attach it to a button.

Additional Resources
Thank you for reading this guide to Excel VBA. To keep learning and advancing your career,
these resources will be helpful:

 Excel Keyboard Shortcuts


 Excel Functions List
 Free Excel Crash Course
 All Excel Resources

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