I created a macro, but when I tried to use it later in another file, it disappeared. Then, when I went back to the file in which it was created, it was available again. What did I do wrong? You did ...

Microsoft Excel's implementation of Visual Basic for Applications, or VBA, helps you record or write macros that turn sequences of tasks and commands into pieces of one-click automation. Macros can ...

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 ...

Have you ever found yourself drowning in a sea of repetitive tasks, wishing there was a way to make Excel do the heavy lifting for you? From cleaning up messy datasets to applying the same formatting ...

I often need to create macros in Excel files, and each time I open such a file Excel displays a security message asking me if I want to enable the macros (see screenshot below). Of course, I say yes.

Bank statements are the kind of data that looks harmless until you try to use it. You export a CSV, open it in Excel, and suddenly you are babysitting dates, negative signs, extra header rows, pending ...