Microsoft Office program is a programming tool called Visual 
Basic for Applications (VBA) that comes with Microsoft Excel, 
Word, Outlook, Power Point, and Publisher.  VBA can make your 
repeating jobs automatic.  It also can customize Excel, Word and 
other Office procedures for your own needs.  From Office version 
2000, all the Office programs are equipped with VBA.

Hand-On experience is the key to be a good programmer. 
Programming tutorials are the easier way to learn any computer 
programs including VBA.  For example, a tutorial can show people 
how to use VBA to automate (make automatic) an Excel routine like 
updating the fonts and sizes for a range of cells, or 
automatically pops up a calendar for selecting a date.  VBA can 
also be used as a tool to automate Word mail-merge or create a 
text file from a Word document.  VBA can even be used as a tool 
to automate email alert in the Outlook Inbox or scheduling task 
to do.

VBA can make one application like Excel work with another 
application like Word and Outlook, or any other combination.  To 
make Excel work or control Word is called Excel automates Word. 
Likewise, Word works with or controls Outlook is called Word 
automates Outlook.

There can be many applications of automation that was introduced 
in the previous paragraph.  For example, we can write a VBA 
application to make Word read an Excel address list that is saved 
in a spreadsheet, and then show the addresses in the Word 
document.  Also, we can write an application to use Word to 
automate Outlook for reading the contact and any other data in 
the Contact or other folders.  Or, we can use Outlook to read in 
Word or Excel scheduling list and use it to schedule tasks in 
Outlook.

Writing VBA programs is quite straightforward and can be learned 
in a short period, providing that there are tutorials that are 
well organized and illustrated with many pictures.  After going 
through a few tutorials, the learner can explore on himself or 
herself the other possibilities with the programming.  Learning 
programming is not as hard as people think.  Rather it can be a 
fun experience to see the programs work.

Besides we need to be good at writing programs, keeping our 
Windows and Office up-to-date is as important.  Please remember 
to visit Microsoft website to do automatic Windows and Office 
Update at least once a month, which will assure you have the 
newest fixes and updates.

There are a few free VBA learning tutorials at 
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tutorials, you can sponsor us with the other low cost tutorials. 
You can also request a tutorial for your own needs with the 
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