Microsoft EXCEL 97/ Visual Basic Step-by-Step Book & Disk

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: 1572313188
• Item model number: 1-57231-318-8
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,253 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 30, 2006

Product Description

Product Description
Microsoft Office 97 is the newly revamped king of office suites. Its powerful built-in programming language, Visual Basic for Applications, has also been enhanced--and this procedural, personal training system makes Visual Basic for Applications easy to learn. The clear goals and practical examples in Microsoft Office 97: Visual Basic Step by Step make it ideal for anyone who wants to use Visual Basic for Applications for Microsoft Office 97 to automate tasks and create custom, integrated applications as easily and as quickly as possible.

About the Author
The author, David Boctor, is a software developer for Microsoft and is an expert on Microsoft Excel. The editor, Mike Brown, wrote the original Microsoft Excel Visual Basic User's Guide and much of Microsoft Excel's online help. Additional editing is provided by Jennifer Jurcik.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

56 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't recommend for beginners in Visual Basic, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

Though I am new to Excel and VB, I have several years of experience in spreadsheet automation with another spreadsheet product and macro language. This book certainly provides a wealth of information but it is my opinion that the text is difficult to follow by those inexperienced in visual basic. As a VB beginner, I wouldn't recommend this book unless you have a lot of time to dedicate to your learning experience. Lessons 1 and 2 started off on the right track and were easy to understand. Unfortunately, I felt that the lessons that followed jumped into VB too fast and furious. Explanations such as "If you assign a range object to a variable, you can use that variable as an object to the range property" were common and did not provide me with a clear understanding of the issue. Good book for experienced and/or advanced users. In my opinion, beginners should stay away and opt for a more introductory text. Thank you.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A very incomplete book, October 19, 1999

By	Balmes Tejeda ([e-mail]) (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This book is a good INTRODUCTION to visual basic programming. If you have never used VB at all, this is a good book to expose you to what VB has to offer. But once you finish reading it, you will definitely feel the need to buy a REFERENCE book for VB.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction of Visual Basic for Excel, June 21, 2000

By	Shane Johnson (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This book was exactly what I needed: a good introduction to Visual Basic and how to use it in Excel 97. It assumes no prior VB experience, but it helps to have some programming experience to understand the vocabulary and concepts used. You will never be able to use Excel 97 to its full potential without knowledge of VB, trust me. I am continously amazed at the flexibility and power of Microsoft Office. This book allows Excel users to unlock this power. It should be noted that this book is not made as a reference, but as something to read from front to back.