Absolute Beginner's Guide to VBA (Absolute Beginner's Guide)

By Paul McFedries

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a set of tools based on the Visual Basic language. The great thing about using it to enhance Office applications is that it's easier to learn than Visual Basic and it comes with your Office license. After reading this book, the reader will be proficient in the VBA language and will have extensive knowledge of the Office 2003 Object Model. This book will cover all features of the VBA editor and show how to program some of the more useful new features in the Office 2003 applications. This book assumes no prior programming experience, so even programming novices can get up to speed quickly on the basics of the VBA language. It is very practical and offers the reader tested programs and projects that he or she can implement right away. This book reinforces the reader's learning by presenting useful, end-of-chapter pedagogical resources, including question-and-answer sessions and quizzes, as well as practical exercises that cement and extend the reader's knowledge. It explorers not only the object models of Word and Excel, but also other members of the Office 2003 suite, including PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789730766
• ISBN13: 9780789730763
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Que
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great for Beginners

This is a fantastic book. It is definitely for absolute beginners but not to the host application for which you want to use it. It is for absolute beginners in VBA. If you already develop advanced applications at macro levels, this book is definetily for you. Even if you don't it's a great book and you will learn VBA, but you'll get more out of it if you have a medium to advance knowledge in the host application you want...

Great book for Beginners

This is really "the absolute beginners guide to VBA" the title says it all. It provides an excellent way to familiarize yourself with the basics of the language. I bought this book because another VBA book (AutoCAD VBA 2004) was a little over my head, and now i have a feel for the language which enables me to understand the other book. however, this book talks about the basics of the language, with brief introductions...

Good, but definitely for beginners.

The best thing about this book is that it takes a look at typical ways in which VBA gets applied to virtually each and every member of the MS Office family. It will get you going with VBA from scratch in short order, and it is not a cumbersomely long book. The only caveat is that if you do actually know how to program it may come across a little too much as though you don't. But it says it is for absolute beginners so...

Integrate MS Office Applications

This book is where to start if you are trying to automate Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Access. It covers each application's object model (with practical examples) which gives you the confidence to develop in each application. Absolute Beginner's Guide to VBA's main stength is its conciseness (only ~400 pages with lots of pictures). It is very easy to read; I read the book in 10 hours. There is only one additional...

Great introduction to VBA

The book is what it says: for ABSOLUTE beginners. If you have some computer experience and a working knowledge of the MS Office suite and you are ready to begin leveraging the power of VBA, this book is for you. If you are afraid of VBA, have tried VBA before and failed, or know nothing about programming, this book is for you. I found the book to be of the appropriate length ~350 pages or so. There was also plenty of side...