Microsoft Excel Vba Programming for the Absolute Beginner  (English, Paperback, Birnbaum Duane)

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Visual Basic for Applications with Excel
Chapter 2: Beginning  Programs with VBA
Chapter 3: Procedures and Conditions
Chapter 4: Loops and Arrays
Chapter 5: Basic Excel Objects
Chapter 6: Enhancing VBA Programs: Adding Multimedia and Intelligence
Chapter 7: UserForms and Additional Controls
Chapter 8: Data Access, File I/O, Error Handling, and Debugging
Chapter 9: Excel Charts
Chapter 10: VBA Shapes
Index