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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

You're reading from   VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook Solutions to automate routine tasks and increase productivity with Excel and other MS Office applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789610031
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Getting Started with VBA 2. Chapter 2: Working with the VBA Editor FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: The VBA Object Model 4. Chapter 4: Working with Procedures 5. Chapter 5: Next Level Recording 6. Chapter 6: VBA Language Elements 7. Chapter 7: Working with Ranges 8. Chapter 8: Using Functions 9. Chapter 9: Implementing Program Flow 10. Chapter 10: Implementing Automation 11. Chapter 11: Handling Errors 12. Chapter 12: Debugging 13. Chapter 13: Creating and Modifying Dialog Boxes 14. Chapter 14: Creating UserForms 15. Chapter 15: UserForm Controls 16. Chapter 16: Creating Custom Functions 17. Chapter 17: Creating Word Documents with Excel VBA 18. Chapter 18: Working with PowerPoint in Excel VBA 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Associating methods with objects

So, what is a method, and what is its connection with objects? Objects have properties, as we have seen, while a method is something an object does. A method is a specific piece of code you type after an object. It's like an instruction to the object: copy (the cell object), print (the sheet object), or select (the range object). In this recipe, we will use three basic methods: Activate, Copy, and ClearContents. In this recipe, we will copy content from one selection to another.

Getting ready

Make sure that a blank workbook is active in Excel. Type the words Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday into cells A1, B1, and C1, respectively.

How to do it…

  1. Press Alt + F11 to activate the VBA Editor.
  2. In the Project window of Explorer, double-click Sheet1 under Book1. The corresponding code window will appear.
  3. Type the following code into the code window:
    Sub CopyCell()
          Worksheets("Sheet1...
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