More small business owners than you might think are creating and writing their own software programs, and many times their first programming baby steps involve the use of Visual Basic for Applications ...

The Excel software allows you to use the VBA coding language to create macros and automated services. You can create a macro in the VBA editor to send an email and set a reminder. The reminder only ...

Many finance and accounting departments rely on spreadsheets to complete critical tasks. Until now, only elite spreadsheet users had the skills to write macros to streamline repetitive tasks. But with ...

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Macros are the timesaving magic trick for Office applications because they automate repetitive tasks that gobble time. This week’s feature, which spotlights Excel, is one of several articles featuring ...

I used to think Excel macros were overkill because I had to go through the trouble of recording steps and tweaking code for something I could easily do manually. Then I was tasked with standardizing ...

When you digitally sign an Excel macro, you add a unique, encrypted signature to your VBA project. This signature works like a tamper-evident seal on a medicine bottle; it shows that no one has ...

Excel formulas are powerful, but they have their limits. I used to rely on complex nested formulas that take forever to build and are difficult to troubleshoot, but I have started leaning more heavily ...