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Experience learning made easy, and quickly teach yourself Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)--one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps and practice files, and master the fundamentals for using VBA to create custom software solutions and automating tasks in Excel 2007--no developer experience required! You'll learn how to automate spreadsheets, write your own functions and procedures, and customize menus and toolbars. You'll discover Excel Objects, including workbooks, range objects, graphics, and PivotTables. Plus, you'll learn how to chart data from databases and other information sources. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction--building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

About the Author

Reed Jacobson is a Senior Architect with Hitachi Consulting, an international management and technology consulting firm. He worked as a Software Application Specialist for Hewlett-Packard for 10 years and ran his own consulting firm for 5 years.

Reed received a BA degree in Japanese and Linguistics. He also received an MBA degree from Brigham Young University and a graduate fellowship to study Linguistics at Cornell University.

In addition to authoring this book, Reed is the author of Excel Trade Secrets for Windows, Microsoft Excel Advanced Topics Step by Step, Microsoft Office 2000 Expert Companion, and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Step by Step. He has given presentations at Microsoft and other conferences, and has taught courses around the world.