Mastering VBA for Office 2010

Richard Mansfield is the author or coauthor of more than 40 computer books, includingVisual Basic .NET Power Toolkit, Office 2003 Application Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, and Programming: A Beginner's Guide. He is the former editor of Compute! magazine. Overall, his books have sold more than half a million copies worldwide and have been translated into 12 languages.

Introduction xxvii Part 1 Recording Macros and Getting Started with VBA 1 Chapter 1 Recording and Running Macros in the Office Applications 3 Chapter 2 Getting Started with the Visual Basic Editor 29 Chapter 3 Editing Recorded Macros 63 Chapter 4 Creating Code from Scratch in the Visual Basic Editor 85 Part 2 Learning How to Work with VBA 105 Chapter 5 Understanding the Essentials of VBA Syntax 107 Chapter 6 Working with Variables, Constants, and Enumerations 123 Chapter 7 Using Array Variables 145 Chapter 8 Finding the Objects, Methods, and Properties You Need 167 Part 3 Making Decisions and Using Loops and Functions 191 Chapter 9 Using Built-in Functions 193 Chapter 10 Creating Your Own Functions 227 Chapter 11 Making Decisions in Your Code 245 Chapter 12 Using Loops to Repeat Actions 265 Part 4 Using Message Boxes, Input Boxes, and Dialog Boxes 293 Chapter 13 Getting User Input with Message Boxes and Input Boxes 295 Chapter 14 Creating Simple Custom Dialog Boxes 315 Chapter 15 Creating Complex Dialog Boxes 381 Part 5 Creating Effective Code 429 Chapter 16: Building Modular Code and Using Classes 431 Chapter 17: Debugging Your Code and Handling Errors 457 Chapter 18: Building Well-Behaved Code 487 Chapter 19: Securing Your Code with VBA s Security Features 501 Part 6 Programming the Office Applications 525 Chapter 20 Understanding the Word Object Model and Key Objects 527 Chapter 21 Working with Widely Used Objects in Word 559 Chapter 22 Understanding the Excel Object Model and Key Objects 591 Chapter 23 Working with Widely Used Objects in Excel 617 Chapter 24 Understanding the PowerPoint Object Model and Key Objects 631 Chapter 25 Working with Shapes and Running Slide Shows 653 Chapter 26 Understanding the Outlook Object Model and Key Objects 673 Chapter 27 Working with Events in Outlook 693 Chapter 28 Understanding the Access Object Model and Key Objects 713 Chapter 29 Manipulating the Data in an Access Database via VBA 735 Chapter 30 Accessing One Application from Another Application 755 Chapter 31 Programming the Office 2010 Ribbon 783 Appendix The Bottom Line 811 Index 855