General VBA Basic

What is VBA?

• **V**isual **B**asic for **A**pplications or VBA is a shorthand of describing the software code that sits within your Microsoft Suite collection that is Word for word processing, Excel for spreadsheets, PowerPoint for slides/presentations, Access for database/storage of data, Publisher for producing flyers/business cards, Visio for illustration of work flow and Outlook for email and communication.

• VBA is an interpreter of the code you write and compile your code into an executable file to run on your machine.

What is IDE?

**I**ntegrated **D**evelopment **E**nvironment or IDE is the editor that enables the user to program VBA code. We generally refer to the VBA IDE as the VBE or **V**isual **B**asic **E**ditor.

How do I get to run the VBE?

"Double click" or Run on the host icon of your choice, once this is loaded onto the computer screen, there are generally two ways to run the VBE.

? From 2007 onwards you can open this.

Alternatively you can press keyboard ALT+F11 on the keyboard.