I'm just getting into macros and VB in excel. Don't really know VB but am
picking it up as I go along. Am familiar with some other programming
languages.

Question 1:
Please help with a 'simple' (?) way to start a macro based on the value in a
cell.

Example: In a macro that is looking at column G, starting from row 1 and
going down, as soon as the letter "z" is found in the first position, I want
to execute another macro.

Question 2: What is a way (or more if there is more than one way) to get a
cell's value, into a macro to vary the performance of that macro?

Example: In a specfic cell whose reference I know, say r1c1, will be a
number, say 40. In a macro, I want to do something 40 times.

Thanks so much, Neal Z