This document provides instructions for installing and enabling Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel. It explains how to access the VBA programming environment through the Alt+F11 keyboard shortcut or the Developer tab. It also describes how to show the Developer tab if it is not already visible. Additionally, it overviews the main components of the VBA integrated development environment (IDE) interface, including the project explorer, toolbar, code windows, and properties window. It demonstrates how to work with forms, ActiveX controls, and control properties in design mode.

1. VISUAL BASIC FOR
APPLICATIONS WITH
EXCEL
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2. To install or enable VBA:
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1.Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Microsoft Windows Control Panel
(found on the Start menu).
2.If you installed Excel as part of Microsoft Office, click Microsoft Office (edition and
version)
3.In the currently installed programs box, and then click the Change button. If you
installed Excel individually, click Excel (edition and version) in the currently installed
programs box, and then click the Change button.
4. On the installation options screen in the Setup program, click the plus sign (+)
next to Office Shared Features.
5. Select Visual Basic for Applications, click the arrow next to your selection, and then
click
6. Run from My Computer.
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After the installation is complete, you may also need to change the macro security
setting in Excel before you can run any VBA programs. To change the macro security
setting in Excel 2007, do the following:
1. Click the Office button, and then click the Excel Options button. Click the Trust
Center button from the left-hand navigation menu, and then click the Trust Center
Settings button, which opens the Trust Center window.
2. From the Trust Center window, click the Macro Settings icon from the left-hand
navigation Menu and choose the Disable All Macros with Notification option.
3.After the installation is complete, you may also need to change the macro security
setting in excel before you can run any VBA programs. To change the macro
security setting in Excel 2007, do the following:
5. Click the Office button, and then click the Excel Options button. Click the Trust
Center button from the left-hand navigation menu, and then click the Trust Center
Settings button, which opens the Trust Center window.
6. From the Trust Center window, click the Macro Settings icon from the left-hand
navigation Menu and choose the Disable All Macros with Notification option.
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The VBA development software is included with each component of the Microsoft Office
suite of programs, including Excel. Starting the VBA development software places you in
the VBA programming environment IDE
Getting to the IDE from Excel :
IDE can be acced from Excel through the keystroke Alt + F11 or via the Developer tab
located in the Excel Ribbon as shown in Figure
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Microsoft Office button
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Launch the Visual Basic Editor
The Ribbon
Accessing the VBA
IDE from the
Ribbon’s
Developer tab.
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If you do not see the Developer tab in the Ribbon, you will need to change an Excel
option by completing the next set of steps.
1. Click the Office button, and then click the Excel Options icon.
2. Click the Popular icon from the left-hand navigation menu and choose Show
Developer.
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6. The menu bar
The Project Explorer window
The Standard
toolbar
An Object
Code window
The Properties
window
Figure 1.3 shows that there is currently one project, called
Book1, open, and that this project contains four Excel objects:
Sheet1, Sheet2, Sheet3, and This Workbook
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7. The Sheet1
selection
The Name
property
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8. An edited
worksheet name
in Excel.
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9. Working with
Form and ActiveX
controls.
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10. Manage control
properties
while in Design
Mode
The Command Button control placed on
a worksheet.
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11. Click to access the Properties window
Displays the selected
control’s properties
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12. The Object
List
The Procedure List
The
Editor
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