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Excel VBA macros Course (2 days)

Shaun (one of our 7 Wise Owl trainers)

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Topics covered on this course

  • Recording macros and buttons

    Subtopics

    1. Absolute and relative recording
    2. Where macros can be stored
    3. Assigning macros to buttons
  • Selecting cells

    Subtopics

    1. Selecting cells (absolute)
    2. Selecting cells (relative)
    3. Selecting to the end of a block
    4. Selecting a range by its corners
  • The VB code editor

    Subtopics

    1. Using Project Explorer
    2. Creating modules
    3. Basic subroutines and comments
  • Messages and variables

    Subtopics

    1. Input boxes and message boxes
    2. Declaring variables
    3. Option Explicit
    4. Scope of variables
    5. Constants
  • Visual Basic explained

    Subtopics

    1. The Excel object model
    2. Objects and collections
    3. Methods and properties
    4. Getting help in VBA
  • Loops and conditions

    Subtopics

    1. Simple IF conditions
    2. Multiple IF and SELECT / CASE
    3. Three main types of loop
  • Looping over collections

    Subtopics

    1. Object variables
    2. Looping over collections
  • Event handling

    Subtopics

    1. Assigning macros to events
    2. Cancelling events
  • Functions

    Subtopics

    1. Declaring functions
    2. Passing arguments
  • Debugging and error handling

    Subtopics

    1. Setting breakpoints
    2. Stepping through macros
    3. ON ERROR statements
  • Forms

    Subtopics

    1. Drawing forms
    2. Attaching macros to controls
    3. Validating form input
  • Referencing other applications  

    Subtopics

    1. Links to Word or Access
    2. Working with files and folders

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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Visual Basic for Applications for Excel course dates

The table below lists the Visual Basic for Applications for Excel courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price Times  
Mon/Tue 10-11 February 2025 10-11 Feb 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 10-11 March 2025 10-11 Mar 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 10-11 April 2025 10-11 Apr 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 12-13 May 2025 12-13 May 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 10-11 June 2025 10-11 Jun 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 10-11 July 2025 10-11 Jul 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 11-12 August 2025 11-12 Aug 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 09-10 September 2025 09-10 Sep 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 09-10 October 2025 09-10 Oct 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 10-11 November 2025 10-11 Nov 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 09-10 December 2025 09-10 Dec 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

We don't currently have any Excel VBA macros courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Excel VBA macros course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any Excel VBA macros courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke Excel VBA macros course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

Date(s) Date(s) Duration Venue Price Times  
Mon/Tue 10-11 February 2025 10-11 Feb 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 10-11 March 2025 10-11 Mar 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 10-11 April 2025 10-11 Apr 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 12-13 May 2025 12-13 May 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 10-11 June 2025 10-11 Jun 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 10-11 July 2025 10-11 Jul 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 11-12 August 2025 11-12 Aug 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 09-10 September 2025 09-10 Sep 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Thu/Fri 09-10 October 2025 09-10 Oct 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Mon/Tue 10-11 November 2025 10-11 Nov 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book
Tue/Wed 09-10 December 2025 09-10 Dec 2 days Online £995.00 + VAT 09:30-16:30 Book

If you can't see the course you want listed above, don't despair! If you can muster 3 or 4 people together, it may well be worth organising an onsite course at your office (we'll provide and set up the computers), or else an online course tailored to your needs.

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Excel VBA macros course

Here are some comments we've received about our Excel VBA macros course . You can see all of our 546 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"Great course as always! Delivered well by our trainer, keeping at our pace and adapting to meet our requirements & questions."

Aron Bourne

Ultimate Products Global Sourcing (UPGS)

"I really enjoyed the course, the support getting ready in advance making sure my computer was compatible, all the way through to the help and support on the course, was excellent, An excellent tutor. My manager suggested the course and she was really impressed by the support, even setting up the computer a few days before"

Andy Stacey

Scania (Great Britian) Ltd

"Great course. The trainer was really knowledgeable and happy to answer all questions. Online course format worked well and the way the trainer viewed our screens meant he was able to give us hints/advice if we'd made any typos/errors, without holding the other delegates up."

Lyndsey Bell

Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service

"Thoroughly enjoyed the two days that we spent with the instructor! He was incredibly enthusiastic and seemed to thrive from the enthusiasm that we showed. His wealth of knowledge on the subject of VBA, the ease to which he could write it, and finally how he was able to deliver, made for a very impressive display! Would highly recommend."

Nathan Simmonds

ReAssure UK Services Limited

"A great trainer, his knowledge was amazing and he was really keen to help and make it relevant to us which was great! We were undecided between this and the three day intensive course but really happy we started on this course and can go away and do our own work on macros before moving on to the advance course!"

Grace Aspin-Radford

CFC Underwriting

"Our trainer made the course very enjoyable with his enthusiasm and humour. He made sure I felt like I could ask all and any questions I wanted, despite also having to pay extra attention to the other trainee."

Philip Howlett

Macquarie Energy Leasing

About this Visual Basic for Applications for Excel course

Click on one of the tabs below to see the given information about the course.

VBA stands for Visual Basic for Applications, and is the programming language which comes with Excel (and for that matter with Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and many other applications).  If you've heard people talk about Excel macros, these are just programs written in Excel VBA.

During this two-day course, you'll learn how to:

  • Move around a worksheet and select cells

  • Work with input boxes, message boxes and variables

  • Understand the building blocks of VBA (objects, collections, methods and properties)

  • Test conditions and execute loops

  • Iterate over the objects in a collection (which turns out to be a useful thing to do)

  • Create and use basic user forms

In fact the course will teach you everything you need to learn to become an accomplished VBA programmer in Excel (although be warned that you won't become an expert overnight - that takes months of practice!). 

Pre-requisites

Delegates should be comfortable with using Excel (no advanced knowledge is needed). No experience of progamming is needed, although delegates should enjoy the logical challenge of learning new computer systems.

What you'll need to bring

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:

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

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

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 using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

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). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

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!

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.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions

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What other VBA courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the VBA courses that we run:

Course name Days
Excel VBA macros (this course) 2 days
Advanced VBA 2 days
Fast track Excel VBA 3 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

You might like to consider invesigating these related courses:

Related course Days Level
Advanced VBA 2 days Intermediate or advanced
Excel Advanced 2 days Introduction
Excel Business Modelling 2 days Introduction

What are your venues for your classroom VBA courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
VBA training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bishopsgate, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
VBA training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.
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