Pls tell me what macros are, and what benefit(s) do they serve?

I use office 2003

Homework?

"Afolabi" wrote in message
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Pls tell me what macros are, and what benefit(s) do they serve?

I use office 2003

Good question, Bob. <grin

I imagine that a Google web search would turn up some answers:
inurl:excel "what is a macro"

You could start at the VBA Tutorials and read the first page
of each tutorial (Introductions) to get an idea of what macros are.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel...m#vbatutorials

You might also take a look at Chip Pearson's page as well
Macros and Functions (, for the difference between)
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/differen.htm
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message ...
Homework?

"Afolabi" wrote in message
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Pls tell me what macros are, and what benefit(s) do they serve?

I use office 2003

A macro is an abbreviation for a set of commands, so instead of typing a
complicated sequence of commands you can simply type the macro's name. You
can either think of macros as a new commands in their own right or as
subroutines.

Virtually anything that can be done by hand in Excel, can be written into a
"Macro" so one can only invoke the macro when they want that particular list
of commands instead of having to type each one each time.

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"Afolabi" wrote in message
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Pls tell me what macros are, and what benefit(s) do they serve?

I use office 2003

Thank you very much Vaya, I appreciate your kind reply.

Afolabi Lawal
Lagos.

"CLR" wrote:

A macro is an abbreviation for a set of commands, so instead of typing a
complicated sequence of commands you can simply type the macro's name. You
can either think of macros as a new commands in their own right or as
subroutines.

Virtually anything that can be done by hand in Excel, can be written into a
"Macro" so one can only invoke the macro when they want that particular list
of commands instead of having to type each one each time.

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"Afolabi" wrote in message
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Pls tell me what macros are, and what benefit(s) do they serve?

I use office 2003