Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA [With CDROM]

There is one essential difference between this version and the 2002 version of the book. The 2003 version does NOT have a PDF copy of the book on the accompanying CDROM - the earlier version does!

This is a great book for those that are -Advanced Excel users, but Beginner / Intermediate with VBA -Programmers that are picking up VBA (Me) Not for -Basic Excel users -Advanced VBA programmers General Outline The author steps through the basics of spreadsheets and spreadsheet applications before introducing VBA, and does well covering most of the aspects of Excel. Good - This is a weighty tome, coming in at over 1,000 pages, and is an overall excellent reference to those that are starting to use VBA. - Contains excellent overview of using VBA with Excel, with extensive coverage of userforms and all their controls, and actual programming. - Gets deep into Excel specific features like charts and pivot tables - Excellent coverage of the differences (and possible problems) with different versions of Excel. - FAQ and Appendixes that are actually helpful and provide useful information Bad - Not too much to really pick on here, but I generally dislike books that are filled with some extraneous information, just to get that "Ultimate Reference" look about them. The chapter "Excel 2003:Where it came From", and the sometimes overly inflated explanations seemed liked padding. But otherwise a GREAT book.

My principal occupation for the last 13 years has revolved around Excel macros and VBA. Walkenbach's Excel books have been lifesavers. Just reading one page in this book pulled me out of a ticklish problem constructing a menu. The code examples are complete and always accurate (and well annotated). My first 15 minutes with this book saved me the cover price in not having to stop what I was doing to search the web for an obscure instruction. If you do any programming in Excel; buy this book!

I was blown away by this book. When it arrived, I started thumbing through it and learned something new within five minutes. Though I've been an Excel user for years and have been doing programming in Excel for some time, I started reading this book from page one and couldn't stop.There is so much to learn from this book for all users (beginners through advanced) and it makes an excellent reference book.John writes in a way that is understandable, down-to-earth, and practical. His examples are real-life solutions to real problems.A great investment and highly recommended.