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Excel VBA programming - intensive three-day course

Three days (09:30 to 16:30 UK time each day)

This course is available in the following formats (all prices exclude VAT):

Classroom (London)
£1,895

Classroom (Manchester)
£1,595

Onsite (your office)
Please ask

Online (your home)
£1,295

You can book a place on this course either online through this website, by phone, by email or by filling in our enquiry form.

You only need a basic knowledge of Excel for this course. You'll find it easier if you have some programming experience, although this isn't essential. What you must have is a good aptitude for computers (otherwise this will be a l-o-n-g three days ...).

Course schedule

Here are our next few Fast track Excel VBA course dates:

Dates	Times	Venue	Price (excl. VAT)
09-11 Dec	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
12-14 Feb	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
14-16 Apr	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
16-18 Jun	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
13-15 Aug	09:30-16:30	Online	£1,295	Book
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Got a handful of like-minded people in your organisation? You could consider booking your own customised onsite course, whereby you get to pick the dates and venue!

Course Contents - PDF

Fast track Excel VBA - Course Contents

Our two-day Introduction to VBA course will be sufficient for most people to get them up and running with the programming language built into Microsoft Office. However, there are some important omissions from the two-day introductory course, which the three-day fast-track course has time to cover. Notably:

Getting Excel to talk to other Office applications using VBA;
Reading and writing text files; and
Programming with arrays.

For fast groups the three-day course will also have time to cover linking to databases using VBA. You should only consider attending this fast-track course if you consider yourself to be quick at picking up new software.

This fast-track course combines topics from the following other Wise Owl courses:

From our EXCEL VBA MACROS course

Recording macros and buttons

Absolute and relative recording
Where macros can be stored
Assigning macros to buttons

Selecting cells

Selecting cells (absolute)
Selecting cells (relative)
Selecting to the end of a block
Selecting a range by its corners

The VB code editor

Using Project Explorer
Creating modules
Basic subroutines and comments

Messages and variables

Input boxes and message boxes
Declaring variables
Option Explicit
Scope of variables
Constants

Visual Basic explained

The Excel object model
Objects and collections
Methods and properties
Getting help in VBA

Loops and conditions

Simple IF conditions
Multiple IF and SELECT / CASE
Three main types of loop

Looping over collections

Object variables
Looping over collections

Event handling

Assigning macros to events
Cancelling events

Functions

Declaring functions
Passing arguments

Debugging and error handling

Setting breakpoints
Stepping through macros
ON ERROR statements

Forms

Drawing forms
Attaching macros to controls
Validating form input

From our ADVANCED VBA course

Links to other applications

Referencing other applications
Instantiating objects
Writing inter-application code

FileSystemObjects

Referencing FileSystemObjects
Working with files and folders

FileDialogs

Using FileDialogs
Allowing multiple selection

Working with text files

Avoiding using INPUT/OUTPUT
Reading and writing text files

Linking to data if time

ADO or Access Database Engine
Referencing the right library
Opening and using recordsets

Arrays

Creating and populating arrays
Dynamic arrays
The PRESERVE keyword

Passing arguments

ByRef and ByVal
Using optional arguments
Using ParamArray

Advanced programming ideas if time

Using functions in code
Recursive programming
Enumerations

Working with shapes if time

Adding shapes
Positioning shapes
Formatting shapes

Why Choose Us?

Here are some reasons to choose Wise Owl courses:

No more than 6 people per class
547 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

In addition, here are some benefits unique to classroom training:

Proper restaurant lunch included

And some benefits specific to online training:

Courseware manual posted to you in advance
Free half-hour pre-course check-up included
Our clever system means you can use our laptops (and we can see them)

What other people have said

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts. All of the following reviews are from the last 3 calendar years:

"Really enjoyed the course, it had a very good structure and our Trainer was top-class!"

Matt Hemming (Liquid Logic (System C))

"I thought the online setting worked really well. Course was informative and all the extra tips and tricks added into the course delivery were really appreciated. Overall, a really useful course!"

Joshua Payne (Sellafield Ltd)

"The course was really good and thoroughly enjoyed it, the trainer's knowledge was immense. He explained everything so well. Really great insight to what can be achieved using Power BI, I was invited to attend this course as it is used in my organization. It has given me a taste of what it can be used for."

Alex Litwinski (Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority)

"A great instructor and the course content was perfect for the skills I was wanting to learn. Wise Owl came recommended by a few people, so definitely has a great reputation for quality courses and instructors."

Alexandra Thacker (FIS Global (WorldPay))

"Our trainer was very friendly and attentive, always checking where people were at and helping if they were stuck or needed a push in the right direction."

Robbie Duncan (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

There are lots more where these came from (or just refresh this page to change the quotes shown).

How our training courses work

Below are some notes on how Wise Owl courses work, to help you decide whether they're for you or not.

What you'll need

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

What you won't need

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed. This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers, and these will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

The start of the course

For online courses you will be able to join up to half an hour before the course begins. This will give you time to:

familiarise yourself with the set-up;
meet your trainer; and
get to know the other delegates!

For classroom training it's always nice if people arrive a bit early too, to give people time to meet each other (and drink coffee).

You'll be given a full colour courseware manual, an exercise booklet to go with the course and a USB stick for taking course files away (we'll post all this to you for online courses).

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

Related Courses

You might like to consider these related courses:

Excel VBA macros

Introduction

2 day course

Advanced VBA

Advanced