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VBA for Excel Automation

This live, instructor-led course on VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) teaches you how to automate repetitive Excel tasks, build custom functions, and design user-friendly interfaces. Learn how to make Excel work smarter for you — with zero need for external software.

Who is this course for?

  • Excel power users ready to automate their workflow

  • MIS, HR, Finance, Admin professionals

  • Government & corporate staff handling data reports

  • Beginners in programming who want to start with practical automation

  • Students & job aspirants seeking office automation skills

What You Will Learn:

  • Automate Excel tasks like formatting, report generation, data transfers

  • Write and debug VBA macros from scratch

  • Build custom functions and user forms

  • Handle workbook events and errors effectively

  • Save hours of manual work through intelligent scripts

Detailed Course Curriculum

Module 1: Introduction to VBA

  • What is VBA? Why use it in Excel?

  • Macro Recorder vs Writing Code

  • Navigating the Visual Basic Editor (VBE)

Module 2: Getting Started with VBA Code

  • Understanding procedures and modules

  • Writing your first macro

  • Variables, data types, and constants

  • Message boxes, input boxes

Module 3: Working with Excel Objects

  • Object hierarchy: Workbook → Worksheet → Range

  • Using the With, Set, and For Each statements

  • Selecting, formatting, and modifying cells via code

Module 4: Control Structures

  • If…Then…Else

  • Select Case

  • For...Next, Do While, Do Until

  • Nesting logic & loops

Module 5: Automating Everyday Tasks

  • Automate reports and dashboard formatting

  • Data cleaning and transformation

  • Import/export data between sheets and workbooks

  • Working with named ranges and tables

Module 6: User Forms & Custom Functions

  • Designing input forms with textboxes, dropdowns, buttons

  • Writing custom functions (UDFs)

  • Validating user input

Module 7: Error Handling & Events

  • Debugging techniques

  • Using On Error Resume Next and Err.Description

  • Workbook and Worksheet event handling (e.g. auto-run on open)

Hands-on Project:

  • Hands-on Project on real data sets

Prerequisites:

  • Working knowledge of Excel (formulas, charts, formatting)

  • No programming background required

Certification

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