Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA

Book Description

Maximize your Excel 2013 experience using VBA application development

The new Excel 2013 boasts updated features, enhanced power, and new capabilities. Naturally, that means John Walkenbach returns with a new edition of his bestselling VBA Programming book and covers all the methods and tools you need to know in order to program with Excel. With this comprehensive guide, Mr. Spreadsheet shows you how to maximize your Excel experience using professional spreadsheet application development tips from his own personal bookshelf.

Featuring a complete introduction to Visual Basic for Applications and fully updated for the latest features of Excel 2013, this essential reference includes an analysis of Excel application development and is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for expanding Excel's capabilities with VBA.

Offers an analysis of Excel application development and a complete introduction to VBA Features invaluable advice from Mr. Spreadsheet himself, bestselling author John Walkenbach, who demonstrates all the techniques you need to create Excel applications, both large and small Covers navigating the Excel interface, formatting worksheets, interacting with other Office applications, working with collaboration tools, and using sample workbooks and John Walkenbach's award-winning Power Utility Pak to help enhance your Excel skills Provides tips, tricks, and techniques for expanding Excel's capabilities with VBA that you wont find anywhere else Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA is packed with procedures, tips, and ideas for achieving Excel excellence with VBA.

Table of contents

Part I: Some Essential Background
Chapter 1: Excel in a Nutshell
Chapter 2: Formula Tricks and Techniques
Chapter 3: Understanding Excel Files
Chapter 4: Essentials of Spreadsheet Application Development

Part II: Understanding Visual Basic for Applications
Chapter 5: Introducing Visual Basic for Applications
Chapter 6: VBA Programming Fundamentals
Chapter 7: Working with VBA Sub Procedures
Chapter 8: Creating Function Procedures
Chapter 9: VBA Programming Examples and Techniques

Part III: Working with UserForms
Chapter 10: Custom Dialog Box Alternatives
Chapter 11: Introducing UserForms
Chapter 12: UserForm Examples
Chapter 13: Advanced UserForm Techniques

Part IV: Advanced Programming Techniques
Chapter 14: Developing Excel Utilities with VBA
Chapter 15: Working with Pivot Tables
Chapter 16: Working with Charts
Chapter 17: Understanding Excel's Events
Chapter 18: Interacting with Other Applications
Chapter 19: Creating and Using Add-Ins

Part V: Developing Applications
Chapter 20: Working with the Ribbon
Chapter 21: Working with Shortcut Menus
Chapter 22: Providing Help for Your Applications
Chapter 23: Developing User-Oriented Applications

Part VI: Other Topics
Chapter 24: Compatibility Issues
Chapter 25: Manipulating Files with VBA
Chapter 26: Manipulating Visual Basic Components
Chapter 27: Understanding Class Modules
Chapter 28: Working with Colors
Chapter 29: Frequently Asked Questions about Excel Programming

Part VII: Appendixes
Appendix A: VBA Statements and Functions Reference
Appendix B: VBA Error Codes
Appendix C: This Book's Website

About The Author

John Walkenbach

John Walkenbach, a.k.a. Mr. Spreadsheet, is arguably the world's foremost authority on Microsoft Excel. His fifty-plus Excel books include Excel 2013 Power Programming with VBA, Excel 2013 Formulas, and the bestselling Excel 2013 Bible, all published by Wiley. He has also written hundreds of articles and software reviews, and created the award-winning Power Utility Pak add-in for Excel.

John lives in Tucson, Arizona. He also plays the banjo - but don't let that prevent you from buying his books.