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    Learn Excel in 24 Hours
    Learn Excel in 24 Hours
    Learn Excel in 24 Hours
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    Learn Excel in 24 Hours

    By Alex Nordeen

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    Learn to automate Excel using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)


    VBA is a event driven programming language and you can program any actions that you would do manually in an Excel.


    You can automate Excel using VBA to pull data from multiple sources, process data, generate reports and graphs and so much more. Called as Macros they help automate repetitive task.


    Here is what is included-


    Table Of Content


    Chapter 1: Introduction to Macros in Excel


    What is a macro?


    The importance of macros in Excel


    What is VBA in a layman's language?


    Macro Basics
    Step by step example of recording macros in Excel


    Enable Developer Option


    Chapter 2: Your Fist VBA in Excel


    What is VBA?


    Why VBA?


    Personal & business applications of VBA in excel


    Visual Basic for Applications VBA basics


    Enable Developer Option


    Step by step example of creating a simple EMI calculator in Excel


    Chapter 3: VBA Data Types, Variables & Constant


    VBA Variables


    Excel VBA Data-Types


    Constant in VBA


    Chapter 4: VBA Arrays


    What is an Array?


    What are Advantages of arrays?


    Types of arrays


    VBA Array Demonstrated with Example


    Testing our application


    Chapter 5: VBA Excel Form Control & Activex Control


    Creating VBA Form/GUI controls in Excel


    How to use ActiveX control in VBA


    Prerequisite


    Chapter 6: VBA Arithmetic Operators


    Chapter 7: VBA String Operators


    Chapter 8: VBA Comparison Operators


    Chapter 9: VBA Logical Operators


    Chapter 10: Excel VBA Call a Subroutine


    What is Subroutine?


    Why use subroutines


    Rules of naming subroutines and functions


    Subroutine practical example


    Chapter 11: Excel VBA Function Tutorial: Return, Call, Examples


    Chapter 12: VBA Range Objects


    What is VBA Range?


    Introduction to Referencing Objects in VBA


    How to refer to Excel VBA Range Object using Range property


    Refer to a Single cell using the Worksheet.Range Property


    Cell Property


    Range Offset property

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateNov 12, 2021
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      Learn Excel in 24 Hours - Alex Nordeen

      Learn Excel in 24 Hours

      By Alex Nordeen

      Copyright 2021 - All Rights Reserved – Alex Nordeen

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      Table Of Content

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      What is Microsoft Excel?

      Why should I learn Microsoft Excel?

      The difference between excel and CSV file

      Running Microsoft Excel

      Understanding the Ribbon

      Understanding the worksheet (Rows and Columns, Sheets, Workbooks)

      Customization Microsoft Excel Environment

      Important Excel shortcuts

      Chapter 2: Getting Started

      Basic Arithmetic

      Formatting data

      Setting the print area and printing (Print View)

      Adding images to spreadsheets

      Data validation

      Data filters

      Group and Ungroup

      Chapter 3: Formula & Functions

      What is a formula?

      What is a function?

      Common functions

      Numeric functions

      String functions

      Date Time functions

      V Lookup function

      Chapter 4: Operators

      What is a Logical Function?

      What is a condition and why does it matter?

      IF function example

      Excel Logic functions

      Nested IF functions

      Chapter 5: Charts

      What is a chart?

      Types of charts

      The importance of charts

      Step by step example of creating charts

      Conditional Formatting

      Chapter 6: Case Study: Personal Finance Application using Excel

      Why managing personal finance matters

      Major components of a personal finance system

      Using Excel to set personal budgets, record income and expenses

      Visualizing the data using charts

      Chapter 7: Macros

      What is a macro?

      Macro Basics

      Step by step example of recording macros

      What is VBA?

      Visual Basic for Applications VBA basics

      Step by step example of creating a simple EMI calculator

      Chapter 8: Connecting Excel to External Data Sources

      What is external data source?

      MS Access external data source

      Web external data source

      Text file external data source

      SQL Server external data source

      Chapter 9: Pivot Tables

      What is a pivot table?

      Step by step tutorial on creating pivot tables

      2-Dimensional pivot tables

      Visualizing pivot table data using charts

      Chapter 10: Advanced Charts

      What is an advanced chart?

      The importance of advanced charts

      Step by step example of creating advanced charts

      Chapter 11: Excel in the cloud: Office 365

      Introduction to cloud computing

      What is Office 365?

      Advantages of Office 365

      Disadvantages of Office 365

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      In this article, we will introduce you to excel and discover its capabilities and how we can take advantage of them to enhance our productivity. We will cover the following topics

      What is Microsoft Excel?

      Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that is used to record and analyse numerical data. Think of a spreadsheet as a collection of columns and rows that form a table. Alphabetical letters are usually assigned to columns and numbers are usually assigned to rows. The point where a column and a row meet is called a cell. The address of a cell is given by the letter representing the column and the number representing a row. Let's illustrate this using the following image.

      Why Should I Learn Microsoft Excel

      We all deal with numbers in one way or the other. We all have daily expenses which we pay for from the monthly income that we earn. For one to spend wisely, they will need to know their income vs. expenditure. Microsoft Excel comes in handy when we want to record, analyze and store such numeric data.

      Where can I get Microsoft Excel?

      There are number of ways in which you can get Microsoft Excel. You can buy it from a hardware computer shop that also sells software. Microsoft Excel is part of the Microsoft Office suite of programs. Alternatively, you can download it from the Microsoft website but you will have to buy the license key.

      The difference between excel and CSV file

      CSV is the acronym for comma separated values. It is used to store tabular data where the column names and row values are separated using commas. The following image illustrates this

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