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1.
Sub FormattingMacro ()
With Selection.Font
.Name = “Arial”
.FontStyle = “Bold”
.Size = 16
.Strikethrough = False
.Superscript = False
.Subscript = False
.OutlineFont = False
.Shadow = False
.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleNone
.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End Sub

2.
Sub FormattingMacro()
With Selection.Font
.Name = “Arial”
.FontStyle = “Bold”
.Size = 14
.ColorIndex = 3
End With
End Sub

3.
Sub ConvertFormulas()
Selection.Copy
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, _
Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks:=False, Transpose:=False
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub

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Range(“B1:B10”).Select
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Range(“A1:A10”).Select

A single statement can be as long as needed. However, you may want to break the statement into
two or more lines. To do so, insert a space followed by an underscore(_). The following code,
although written as two lines, is actually a single VBA statement:
Sheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“B1”).Value = _
Sheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”).Value

You can insert comments freely into your VBA code. The comment indicator is an apostrophe single
quote character (‘). Any text that follows a single quote is ignored. A comment can be a line by itself
or can be inserted after a statement. The following examples show two comments:

‘Assign the values to the variables

Rate = .085 ‘Rate as of November 16

4.
A VBA module consists of procedures. A procedure is basically computer code
that performs some action. The following is an example of a simple Sub procedure
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called ShowSum (it adds 1 + 1 and displays the result):

Sub ShowSum()
Sum = 1 + 1
MsgBox “The answer is “ & Sum
End Sub

5.
Function AddTwo(arg1, arg2)
AddTwo = arg1 + arg2
End Function

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You refer to an object in your VBA code by specifying its position in the object hierarchy, using a
period as a separator

Application.Workbooks(“Book1”)
Application.Workbooks(“Book1”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”)
Application.Workbooks(“Book1”).Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”)
Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”)
Range(“A1”)
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You refer to properties by combining the object with the property, separated by a period. For
example, you can refer to the value in cell A1 on Sheet1 as follows:

Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”).Value
Interest = Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”).Value
Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1:C12”).ClearContents

You refer to a property in your VBA code by placing a period and the property name after the
object’s name. For example, the following VBA statement sets the Value property of a range named
Frequency to 15. (That is, the statement causes the number 15 to appear in the range’s cells.)

Range(“frequency”).Value = 15

A Range object also has a Formula property, which is not read-only; that is, you can insert a formula
into a cell by changing its Formula property. The following statement inserts a formula into cell A1
by changing the cell’s Formula property:
Range(“A1”).Formula = “=SUM(A1:A10)”

ActiveCell.Row
Workbooks(“Sales.xls”).Worksheets(“Summary”)
Workbooks(1).Worksheets(1)
Workbooks(1).Sheets(1)
Application.ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet
ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet
ActiveSheet

Methods
Objects also have methods. You can think of a method as an action taken with an object. For example,
Range objects have a Clear method. The following VBA statement clears a Range, an action that is
equivalent to selecting the Range and then choosing Edit? Clear? All:
Range(“A1:C12”).Clear

rate = Worksheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A1”).Value

6.
Sub CheckCell()
If ActiveCell.Value < 0 Then ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End Sub

7.
Sub SumSquared()
Total = 0
For Num = 1 To 10
Total = Total + (Num ^ 2)
Next Num
MsgBox Total
End Sub

8.
Sub AlignCells()
With Selection
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.VerticalAlignment = xlCenter
.WrapText = False
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.Orientation = xlHorizontal
End With
End Sub

9.
Sub AlignCells()
Selection.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
Selection.VerticalAlignment = xlCenter
Selection.WrapText = False
Selection.Orientation = xlHorizontal
End Sub

10.
Sub CheckCell()
Select Case ActiveCell.Value
Case Is < 0
ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 3 ‘Red
Case 0
ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 5 ‘Blue
Case Is > 0
ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 1 ‘Black
End Select
End Sub

11.
Sub SelectiveFormat()
Message = “Change attributes of values greater than or equal_to...”
Target = InputBox(Message)
Target=Val(Target)
‘Evaluate each cell in the selection
For Each Item In Selection
If IsNumeric(Item) Then
If Item.Value >= Target Then
With Item
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.ColorIndex = 3 ‘Red
End With
End If
End If
Next Item
End Sub

12.
If TypeName(Selection) <> “Range” Then Exit Sub

13.
If Target = “” then Exit Sub

14.
Function NumSign(InVal)
Select Case InVal
Case Is < 0
NumSign = “Negative”
Case 0
NumSign = “Zero”
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Case Is > 0
NumSign = “Positive”
End Select
End Function

15.
Function User()
User = Application.UserName
End Function

16.
Function Commission(Sales)
‘Calculates sales commissions
Tier1 = 0.08
Tier2 = 0.105
Tier3 = 0.12
Tier4 = 0.14
Select Case Sales
Case 0 To 9999.99
Commission = Sales * Tier1
Case 1000 To 19999.99
Commission = Sales * Tier2
Case 20000 To 39999.99
Commission = Sales * Tier3
Case Is >= 40000
Commission = Sales * Tier4
End Select
End Function

17.
Function Commission2(Sales, Years)
‘Calculates sales commissions based on years in service
Tier1 = 0.08
Tier2 = 0.105
Tier3 = 0.12
Tier4 = 0.14
Select Case Sales
Case 0 To 9999.99
Commission2 = Sales * Tier1
Case 1000 To 19999.99
Commission2 = Sales * Tier2
Case 20000 To 39999.99
Commission2 = Sales * Tier3
Case Is >= 40000
Commission2 = Sales * Tier4
End Select
Commission2 = Commission2 + (Commission2 * Years / 100)
End Function

18.
Assume that you want to calculate the average of the five largest values in a range named Data.
Excel doesn’t have a function that can do this, so you can write the following formula:
=(LARGE(Data,1)+LARGE(Data,2)+LARGE(Data,3)+LARGE(Data,4)+LARGE(Data,5))/5

19.
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Function TopAvg(InRange, Num)
‘Returns the average of the highest Num values in InRange
Sum = 0
For i = 1 To Num
Sum = Sum + WorksheetFunction.Large(InRange, i)
Next i
TopAvg = Sum / Num
End Functio

20.
The following is an example of a simple macro that makes each cell in the selected range uppercase
(but it skips cells that have a formula). The procedure uses VBA’s built-in StrConv function.

Sub ChangeCase()
For Each cell In Selection
If Not cell.HasFormula Then
cell.Value = StrConv(cell.Value, vbUpperCase)
End If
Next cell
End Sub

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InputBox(prompt[,title][,default])
CName = InputBox(“Customer name?”,”Customer Data”)
MsgBox(prompt[,buttons][,title])

21.
Sub MsgBoxDemo()
MsgBox “Click OK to continue”
End Sub

22.
Sub GetAnswer()
Ans = MsgBox(“Continue?”, vbYesNo)
Select Case Ans
Case vbYes
‘...[code if Ans is Yes]...
Case vbNo
‘...[code if Ans is No]...
End Select
End Sub

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23.
Sub GetAnswer()
Config = vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbDefaultButton2
Ans = MsgBox(“Process the monthly report?”, Config)
If Ans = vbYes Then RunReport
If Ans = vbNo Then Exit Sub
End Sub

24.
Sub GetAnswer2()
Msg = “Do you want to process the monthly report?”
Msg = Msg & vbNewLine & vbNewLine
Msg = Msg & “Processing the monthly report will take approximately “
Msg = Msg & “15 minutes. It will generate a 30-page report for all “
Msg = Msg & “sales offices for the current month.”
Title = “XYZ Marketing Company”
Config = vbYesNo + vbQuestion
Ans = MsgBox(Msg, Config, Title)
If Ans = vbYes Then RunReport
If Ans = vbNo Then Exit Sub
End Sub

25.

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Displaying a UserForm
You also need to write a procedure to display the UserForm. You use the Show method of the
UserForm object. The following procedure displays the UserForm named UserForm1:

Sub ShowDialog()
UserForm1.Show
End Sub

Private Sub OKButton_Click()

Unload AboutBox
End Sub

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Private Sub Workbook_Open()
If Weekday(Now) = 6 Then
Msg = “Make sure you do your weekly backup!”
MsgBox Msg, vbInformation
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_Open()

Application.WindowState = xlMaximized
ActiveWindow.WindowState = xlMaximized
Worksheets(“DataEntry”).Activate
Range(“A1”).Select
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)

On Error Resume Next
Range(“A1”).Select
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_SheetActivate(ByVal Sh As Object)

If TypeName(Sh) = “Worksheet” Then Range(“A1”).Select
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_NewSheet(ByVal Sh As Object)

If TypeName(Sh) = “Worksheet” Then _
Range(“A1”) = “Sheet added “ & Now()
End Sub

Private Sub Workbook_BeforeSave _

(ByVal SaveAsUI As Boolean, Cancel As Boolean)
If SaveAsUI Then
MsgBox “Click OK to display the Save As dialog box.”
End If
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)

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MsgBox “Range “ & Target.Address & “ was changed.”
End Sub
Monitoring a specific range for changes
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
Dim VRange As Range
Set VRange = Range(“InputRange”)
If Union(Target, VRange).Address = VRange.Address Then
Msgbox “The changed cell is in the input range.”
End if
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)

Set VRange = Range(“InputRange”)
For Each cell In Target
If Union(cell, VRange).Address = VRange.Address Then
Msgbox “The changed cell is in the input range.”
End if
Next cell
End Sub

Using the SelectionChange event

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target
As Excel.Range)
Cells.Interior.ColorIndex = xlNone
With ActiveCell
.EntireRow.Interior.ColorIndex = 36
.EntireColumn.Interior.ColorIndex = 36
End With
End Sub

Using the BeforeRightClick event

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeRightClick _
(ByVal Target As Excel.Range, Cancel As Boolean)
Cancel = True
MsgBox “The shortcut menu is not available.”
End Sub

Not worksheet or workbook event: The events discussed in this chapter are associated with an
object (Application, Workbook, Sheet, and so on).
Using the OnTime event
Sub SetAlarm()
Application.OnTime 0.625, “DisplayAlarm”
End Sub
Sub DisplayAlarm()
Beep
MsgBox “Wake up. It’s time for your afternoon break!”
End Sub

Copying a range
Sub CopyRange()
Range(“A1:A5”).Select
Selection.Copy
Range(“B1”).Select
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ActiveSheet.Paste
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Sub

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