Copyright © 2005 Tenny Ing
Viccomp, Inc.
http://www.viccompinc.com
Microsoft Office program is a programming tool called Visual
Basic for Applications (VBA) that comes with Microsoft Excel,
Word, Outlook, Power Point, and Publisher. VBA can make your
repeating jobs automatic. It also can customize Excel, Word and
other Office procedures for your own needs. >From Office version
2000, all the Office programs are equipped with VBA.
Hand-On experience is the key to be a good programmer.
Programming tutorials are the easier way to learn any computer
programs including VBA. For example, a tutorial can show people
how to use VBA to automate (make automatic) an Excel routine like
updating the fonts and sizes for a range of cells, or
automatically pops up a calendar for selecting a date. VBA can
also be used as a tool to automate Word mail-merge or create a
text file from a Word document. VBA can even be used as a tool
to automate email alert in the Outlook Inbox or scheduling task
to do.
VBA can make one application like Excel work with another
application like Word and Outlook, or any other combination. To
make Excel work or control Word is called Excel automates Word.
Likewise, Word works with or controls Outlook is called Word
automates Outlook.
There can be many applications of automation that was introduced
in the previous paragraph. For example, we can write a VBA
application to make Word read an Excel address list that is saved
in a spreadsheet, and then show the addresses in the Word
document. Also, we can write an application to use Word to
automate Outlook for reading the contact and any other data in
the Contact or other folders. Or, we can use Outlook to read in
Word or Excel scheduling list and use it to schedule tasks in
Outlook.
Writing VBA programs is quite straightforward and can be learned
in a short period, providing that there are tutorials that are
well organized and illustrated with many pictures. After going
through a few tutorials, the learner can explore on himself or
herself the other possibilities with the programming. Learning
programming is not as hard as people think. Rather it can be a
fun experience to see the programs work.
Besides we need to be good at writing programs, keeping our
Windows and Office up-to-date is as important. Please remember
to visit Microsoft website to do automatic Windows and Office
Update at least once a month, which will assure you have the
newest fixes and updates.
There are a few free VBA learning tutorials at
www.Viccompinc.com. If you would like to learn beyond the free
tutorials, you can sponsor us with the other low cost tutorials.
You can also request a tutorial for your own needs with the
request entry of the Contact page.
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