Dick Kusleika - Excel Macros For Dummies

Excel® Macros For Dummies®, 3rd Edition

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ISBN: 978-1-119-84443-3 (pbk); ISBN: 978-1-119-84444-0 (ePDF); ISBN: 978-1-119-84445-7 (ePub)

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5 Part 1: Holy Macro Batman! Chapter 1: Macro Fundamentals Choosing to Use a Macro Macro Recording Basics Comparing Absolute and Relative Macro Recording Understanding Macro Security Storing and Running Macros Exploring Macro Examples Chapter 2: Getting Cozy with the Visual Basic Editor Working in the Visual Basic Editor Working with the Project Explorer Working with a Code Pane Customizing the VBE Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Macros A Brief Overview of the Excel Object Model A Brief Look at Variables Understanding Event Procedures Error Handling in a Nutshell

6 Part 2: Making Short Work of Workbook Tasks Chapter 4: Working with Workbooks Installing Macros Creating a New Workbook from Scratch Saving a Workbook when a Particular Cell Is Changed Saving a Workbook before Closing Protecting a Worksheet on Workbook Close Unprotecting a Worksheet Opening a Workbook to a Specific Tab Opening a Specific Workbook Defined by the User Determining Whether a Workbook Is Already Open Determining Whether a Workbook Exists in a Directory Closing All Workbooks at Once Printing All Workbooks in a Directory Preventing the Workbook from Closing Until a Cell Is Populated Creating a Backup of the Current Workbook with Today’s Date Chapter 5: Working with Worksheets Installing Macros Adding and Naming a New Worksheet Deleting All but the Active Worksheet Hiding All but the Active Worksheet Unhiding All Worksheets in a Workbook Moving Worksheets Around Sorting Worksheets by Name Grouping Worksheets by Color Copying a Worksheet to a New Workbook Creating a New Workbook for Each Worksheet Printing Specified Worksheets Protecting All Worksheets Unprotecting All Worksheets Creating a Table of Contents for Your Worksheets Zooming In and Out of a Worksheet with Double-Click Highlighting the Active Row and Column

7 Part 3: One-Touch Data Manipulation Chapter 6: Feeling at Home on the Range Installing Macros Selecting and Formatting a Range Creating and Selecting Named Ranges Looping Through a Range of Cells Inserting Blank Rows in a Range Unhiding All Rows and Columns Deleting Blank Rows Deleting Blank Columns Limiting Range Movement to a Particular Area Selecting and Formatting All Formulas in a Workbook Finding and Selecting the First Blank Row or Column Chapter 7: Manipulating Data with Macros Installing Macros Copying and Pasting a Range Converting All Formulas in a Range to Values Text to Columns on All Columns Converting Trailing Minus Signs Trimming Spaces from All Cells in a Range Truncating Zip Codes to the Left Five Padding Cells with Zeros Replacing Blanks Cells with a Value Appending Text to the Left or Right of Your Cells Cleaning Up Non-Printing Characters Highlighting Duplicates in a Range of Data Hiding All but Rows Containing Duplicate Data Selectively Hiding AutoFilter Drop-down Arrows Copying Filtered Rows to a New Workbook Showing Filtered Columns in the Status Bar

8 Part 4: Macro-Charging Reports and Emails Chapter 8: Automating Common Reporting Tasks Installing Macros Refreshing All PivotTables in a Workbook Creating a List of PivotTables Adjusting All Pivot Data Field Titles Setting All Data Items to Sum Applying Number Formatting for All Data Items Sorting All Fields in Alphabetical Order Applying a Custom Sort to Data Items Applying PivotTable Restrictions Applying Pivot Field Restrictions Automatically Deleting PivotTable Drill-Down Sheets Printing a PivotTable for Each Report Filter Item Creating a New Workbook for Each Report Filter Item Resizing All Charts on a Worksheet Aligning a Chart to a Specific Range Creating a Set of Disconnected Charts Printing All Charts on a Worksheet Chapter 9: Sending Emails from Excel Installing Macros Mailing the Active Workbook as an Attachment Mailing a Specific Range as an Attachment Mailing a Single Sheet as an Attachment Sending Mail with a Link to Your Workbook Mailing All Email Addresses in Your Contact List Saving All Attachments to a Folder Saving Certain Attachments to a Folder Chapter 10: Wrangling External Data with Macros Working with External Data Connections Using Macros to Create Dynamic Connections Iterating through All Connections in a Workbook Using ADO and VBA to Pull External Data Working with Text Files