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Microsoft Excel - Macros and VBA - GoSkills Course Syllabus

This document provides a syllabus for a 41-lesson online course on using macros and VBA in Microsoft Excel. The course is rated at an intermediate skill level, takes an estimated 20 hours and 30 minutes to complete, and covers topics such as recording and running macros, navigating the Visual Basic Editor, variables, loops, error handling, and creating user-defined functions. The instructor is Ken Puls and lessons include creating your first macro, debugging techniques, collecting user feedback, and more.

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Microsoft Excel - Macros and VBA - GoSkills Course Syllabus

This document provides a syllabus for a 41-lesson online course on using macros and VBA in Microsoft Excel. The course is rated at an intermediate skill level, takes an estimated 20 hours and 30 minutes to complete, and covers topics such as recording and running macros, navigating the Visual Basic Editor, variables, loops, error handling, and creating user-defined functions. The instructor is Ken Puls and lessons include creating your first macro, debugging techniques, collecting user feedback, and more.

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Microsoft Excel - Macros and VBA

GoSkills online course syllabus


Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Skill level Lessons Accredited by


Intermediate 41 CPD

Pre-requisites Versions supported Video duration


None 2016 3h 47m

Estimated study time Instructor


20h 30m for all materials Ken Puls

Essential Background

1 Macros vs VBA - What's the Difference?


A brief discussion about the differences between macros and VBA, and how this course covers both.

2 Setting up the Macro Environment


Entry level steps to allow the user to record macros in Excel.

Getting Started with Macros in Excel

3 Creating Your First Macro


Recording a simple Macro in Excel.

4 File Types & Saving


A discussion on which files types support macros, and why it is critical to save your work before moving
forward.

5 Running Macros: Using the Macro Dialog


How to run a macro from the Macro dialog.

6 Running Macros: Using Keyboard Shortcuts


How to run a macro from a keyboard shortcut.

7 Running Macros: Using Buttons


How to run your macro from a worksheet button.

Getting Started with VBA


8 Navigating the Visual Basic Editor
Meet the Visual Basic Editor (VBE) - your coding studio.

9 VBA Objects & the Object Model


A discussion of the different items you'll encounter as you learn to code, and how they relate to each
other.

10 Excel's VBA Object Model


A visual view of a portion of Excel's object model.

11 Where Do I Put My Code?


Examining the different code containers and where you should place your code.

12 Understanding Code: Macro Syntax


Looking at the different keywords and structure that make up a valid macro.

13 Cleaning up Recorded Code


Editing the previously recorded code in order to remove unnecessary objects.

Debugging: Entry Level

14 Step vs Run
How to step through a macro line by line in order to aid in debugging.

15 Using Breakpoints
How to set and use breakpoints during code development and debugging.

Variables

16 What are Variables?


A discussion of what variables are, and what they do for us when coding.

17 Creating Variables
Setting up variable dimensions and ensuring the code does so in the correct location.
Setting Variables
18 How to assign strings, values or objects to variables and use them in your code.

19 Explicit vs Implicit Variables


Why forgetting to set a simple flag can burn you in the long term.

Debugging - Advanced

20 Using the Locals Window


Working with the locals window to help you debug and explore the object model.

21 Using the Immediate Window


Exploring the benefits of the Immediate window for logging and querying, as well as writing when
needed.

22 Using the Watch Window


How to use the Watch window to break code execution when variable conditions are met.

23 Using the Stop Keyword


How the Stop keyword can be used during code development similar to a breakpoint.

Coding Constructs

24 With Blocks
How "With" blocks can tighten up your code and ensure your code targets the objects you expect.

25 Logic Tests: If Then Else


Implementing If/Then choices in VBA.

26 Logic Tests: Select Case


Understanding how the Select Case construct adds another logic test to your coding arsenal.

27 Loops: Basic Looping with Do Loops


Basic looping including counting iterations and exiting.

28 Loops: Looping under Conditions with Do While/Until Loops


More advanced looping by looping while or until a certain condition is met.
Loops: Looping X Iterations with For X to Y Loops
29 Running a loop a set number of times.

30 Loops: Looping Through Collections with For Each X in Y Loops


Using a For Each loop to cycle through each object in a collection such as each worksheet in a
workbook's worksheets.

31 Calling Other Macros


Setting up a master macro allowing you to call other macros from a single source.

User Feedback and Inputs

32 Creating VBA Message Boxes


How to provide feedback to your user via the VBA MsgBox object.

33 Collecting Feedback from a VBA MsgBox


Identifying which button the user clicked when presented with a MsgBox in order to use their response
in our code.

34 Collecting Feedback from a VBA InputBox


Working with the VBA InputBox to prompt the user to enter information and capture it for later use.

35 Forcing User Input


Forcing users to enter data when requested.

Error Handling Techniques

36 Error Types
How to trigger various errors in VBA, and what they mean.

37 Trapping and Handling Errors


How to set up an error trap in VBA to handle errors.

38 Building Error Handlers


Setting up an error handling section for your macro.

User Defined Functions (UDFs)


User Defined Function (UDF) Syntax
39 The syntax signature for a UDF and how it differs from a standard subroutine.

40 Creating User Defined Functions (UDFs)


Creating a UDF to return the user name.

41 Calling a User Defined Function (UDF)


Calling a UDF from a worksheet and from VBA.

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