Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365 - 4th Edition by Richard Mansfield (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Customize and ramp-up Office 365 applications

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The revised 2019 edition of Mastering VBA Microsoft Office 365 offers an accessible guide that shows how to extend the capabilities of Office 365 applications with VBA programming. Written in clear terms and understandable language, the book includes systematic tutorials and contains both intermediate and advanced content for experienced VB developers. Designed to be comprehensive, the book addresses not just one Office application, but the entire Office suite. To enhance understanding, the content is explored in real-world projects in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Since the technical programming methods in the Office applications continue to evolve, the updated 2019 edition reviews the changes to the program. Code libraries, the API, and the object model for each Office program have been modified during the three years since the last version of this book. Various elements within VBA have been deprecated or replaced, and the surface UI changed as well. The updated 2019 edition covers topics such as:

- Recording macros and getting started with VBA

- Learning how to work with VBA

- Using loops and functions

- Using message boxes, input boxes, and dialog boxes

- Creating effective code

- XML-based files, ActiveX, the developer tab, content controls, add-ins, embedded macros, and security

Written for all levels of Microsoft Office 365 users, Mastering VBA Microsoft Office 365: 2019 Edition explains how to customize and automate the Office suite of applications.

From the Back Cover

Automate and customize Office 365 and Office 2019 applications using VBA

Visual Basic for Applications is the underpinning of Microsoft Office and the essential tool for tailoring Office to do your exact bidding. This 2019 Edition of Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365 and Office 2019 features clear, step-by-step tutorials to show both inexperienced and veteran programmers how to customize and automate each of the major Office 365 applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access.

Each new incarnation of Office incorporates changes as the technology evolves, and this edition of Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365 (2019 Edition) covers every update, including those to code libraries, the API, and object models. It begins with VBA basics, recording macros, and learning how to use the Visual Basic editor. As you move forward, you'll explore VBA syntax; understand with variables, constants, and enumerations; find the objects and methods you need; and make decisions using loops and functions. You will create effective user interfaces with message boxes, input boxes, custom dialog boxes, and complex forms. And you'll master the skills of building and debugging modular code. Throughout, you'll apply what you've learned by creating powerful macros. You'll be able to increase productivity by automating hundreds of tasks--opening up a whole new world of control over how Office applications behave. You'll even know how to do many things that are impossible any other way--such as have Word fetch data from an Excel workbook and insert it into a Word document. Automatically.

Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office 365 (2019 Edition) is your complete and comprehensive guide to:

• Getting started with VBA and recording macros
• Using loops and functions
• Creating code with the Visual Basic Editor
• Using array variables and built-in functions
• Getting user input with input boxes and forms
• Building modular code and using classes
• Handling errors and debugging your code
• Managing Office VBA security features
• Advanced for each Office application

Automate Office 365 and 2019 Applications

Create Custom Apps for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access

Master Basic to Advanced VBA Macro Programming

Build Your Skills with Useful, Real-World Examples and Projects

About the Author

Richard Mansfield is a widely recognized expert on computer programming. He's the author of more than 44 computer books that have sold over half a million copies worldwide. They include Visual Basic .NET Power Toolkit, Visual Basic .NET Database Programming For Dummies, and Programming: A Beginner's Guide, as well as several previous editions of Mastering VBA for Microsoft Office. Richard is also the former editor of Compute! magazine.