Course Description
Advanced Excel users encounter repetitive tasks such as: reports that need to be produced, data that needs to be updated or tables that need to be formatted on a regular basis. With “Macros” many of these routine tasks can be automated. Utilizing advanced knowledge of Excel learned in this class, you will record the steps or operations that you want to perform, and then press a button to repeat them over and over again.
Objectives
• Configure Excel for Macros
• Record and Run Macros
• Create Dynamic Macros
• Use Functions and Formulas in Macros
• Create a Personal Macro Workbook
• Use Macros to create a Data Entry worksheet
• Create a macro to add the data to a table
Agenda
Configuring Excel for Macros
The Developer Tab
Macro Security
Trust Center
Saving Files
Basic Macro Recording
The “Record Macro” Window
Rules for Macro Names
Running Macros
Running a Macro from the Developer Tab
Running a Macro Using a Shortcut Key
Running a Macro from a Button
Running a Macro from a Worksheet Object
Creating Dynamic Macros
Absolute versus Relative References
Effective Range Selection
The Importance of the Cursor’s Position
Handling Empty Cells in a Data Range
Using Functions and Formulas in Macros
Creating dynamic formulas
Filling Formulas
Using Data Tables
Deleting Empty Rows at the End of a Worksheet
Functions with Dynamic Ranges
Working with Files
The Personal Macro Workbook
Using Hyperlinks
Writing Macros that Work on Variable File Names
Importing a Text File
Macros for Data Entry
Creating a worksheet to use as a Data Entry Form
Creating a macro to add the data to a table