Have a look at David McRitchie's "getting started with macros" pages.

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 23:45:01 -0800, mpaxson
wrote:

I am taking an online Keyboarding course and in an assessment I have to take
it asks about Macros, in reference to Excel. Can some one please explain to
me exactly what a Macro is? I gather it has something to do with security,
and I understand what characters are used in the names, but what exactly is a
Macro and what is it for?
Thank you.
Maryann Paxson