Excel Chapter 7, Lecture Notes Part 2: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with Excel

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1 Excel Chapter 7, Lecture Notes Part 2: Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) with Excel Phase 2 Creating a Procedure to Automate the 401(k) Investment Model Data Entry (pages ) Unprotecting a Password-Protected Worksheet (p. 554) Start Excel With the Caliber Steel1 workbook open, click the Review tab on the Ribbon, and then click the Unprotect Sheet button on the Ribbon When the Unprotect Sheet dialog box appears, type caliber as the password and then click the OK button to unprotect the worksheet Adding a Command Button Control to the Worksheet (p.554) Click the Developer tab on the Ribbon Click the Insert button on the Ribbon to display the Controls gallery Click the Command Button button in the ActiveX area of the Controls gallery (column 1, row 1 of ActiveX area) to switch to Design mode Move the mouse pointer (a crosshair) to the upper-left corner of cell H5 Drag the mouse pointer so the rectangle defining the button area appears and hold Release the left mouse button to add the Command Button control with the default caption CommandButton1 1

2 Figure 1: Adding a Command Button Control to the Worksheet Setting the Command Button Control Properties (p. 556) With the Command Button control selected and Excel in Design mode, click the Properties button on the Ribbon to open the Properties window for the Command Button control If necessary, when the Properties window opens, click the Alphabetic tab, click Caption in the Properties list, and then type New Data as the caption Click ForeColor in the Properties list, click the ForeColor arrow, and then click the Palette tab Click blue (column 7, row 3) on the ForeColor palette Click Font in the Properties list and then click the Font button When the Font dialog box appears, click Bold in the Font style list and 12 in the Size list 2

3 Click the OK button to display the Command Button control. If necessary, drag the lower-right corner of the Properties window to make all of the properties display in the window Figure 2: Setting the Command Button Control Properties Entering the New Data Button Procedure Using the Visual Basic Editor (p. 559) With the New Data button selected and Excel in Design mode, point to the View Code button on the Ribbon Click the View Code button on the Ribbon to start the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor When the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor starts, if the Project Explorer window appears on the left, click its Close button If necessary, double-click the title bar to maximize the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window 3

4 If necessary, double-click the title bar of the Microsoft Visual Basic window to maximize it Click to the left of the letter P in the word Private on the first line and press the ENTER key to add a blank line before the Sub statement Move the insertion point to the blank line and then type the seven comment statements (lines 1 through 7) in Table 7 2 on page EX 558. Make sure you enter an apostrophe ( ) at the beginning of each comment line Press the ENTER key to start a new line Position the insertion point on the blank line between the Sub and End Sub statements Enter lines 9 through 16 in Table 7 2. For clarity, indent all lines between the Sub statement and End Sub statement by three spaces Click the Close button on the right side of the Microsoft Visual Basic title bar to return to the worksheet Click the Close button on the right side of the Properties window Click the Design Mode button on the Ribbon to return to Run mode Figure 3: Entering the New Data Button Procedure Using the Visual Basic Editor 4

5 Entering 401 (k) Investment Model Data Using the New Data Button (p. 563) Click the New Data button When Excel displays the first Enter dialog box with the prompt message, Employee Name?, type Millie Jenkins in the text box Click the OK button or press the ENTER key Annual Salary?, type in the text box Click the OK button Employee Investment in %?, type 6% in the text box, making certain to type the percent (%) sign Click the OK button Employer Match in %?, type 3% in the text box Click the OK button Annual Return in %?, type 9% in the text box Click the OK button to assign 9.00% to cell D9 Years of Service?, type 20 in the text box Click the OK button to display the results for Millie Jenkins in the range F6:F10 5

6 Figure 4: Entering 401 (k) Investment Model Data Using the New Data Button Protecting a Worksheet and Saving the Workbook (p. 566) Click the Review tab on the Ribbon, and then click the Protect Sheet button on the Ribbon When the Protect Sheet dialog box appears, type caliber in the Password to unprotect sheet text box and then click the OK button. When the Confirm Password dialog box appears, type caliber and then click the OK button Click the Office Button and then click Save As on the Office Button menu. When the Save As dialog box is displayed, type Caliber Steel2 in the File name text box. Make sure your flash drive displays in the Address bar and then click the Save button Click the Close button on the right side of the title bar to close the Caliber Steel2 workbook 6