If you know how to run a computer, chances are that you will know how to work with Excel. It is one of the most popular applications of Microsoft and is used by housewives to make a simple shopping list and also by scientists to run complex formulas. Excel is widely used for creating lists, making budgets, forecasting, creating bills and invoices, analyzing data, and creating useful charts from data. Every Excel package also comes with an inbuilt programming language called VBA (visual basic for applications). This is a very useful tool that helps to run programs that can automate and simplify many aspects of Excel. Here are a few excel tasks that can be done in a much better way with the use of VBA.

• Text String
  Sometimes an excel file would contain a group of works or a phrase several times inside the file. While creating the file, VBA can be used to create a macro which can input that text string at the appropriate places automatically. One simple example in a list of certain things or employees is the name of the company or its products, and this list can be made into a macro of a text string which can then input the list or name several times as per the command of the macro.
• Custom Command
  Many excel files need to have the same set of commands issued in the same order several times. If these commands can be combined into a single macro, then a lot of time can be saved. The excel file can be easily set up to execute this single command with the help of pressing a single key on the keyword or a single click of the mouse or mouse pad.
• Mathematical Functions
  Inside Excel, most users use simple mathematical functions like Sum, Average, Product etc. which are inbuilt inside the program. Some programmers also combine some of these functions to create more complex functions and put it inside a macro which can run at the click of a button.

In case you do not know the steps to create simple macros using excel VBA, then training in Excel VBA would really prove to be useful. You will find that you do not need to burden yourself with tedious calculations and data entry in excel. If you are working in a corporate environment, you can easily impress others by processing large amounts of data quickly and without error. Once you are conversant with creating basic programs using Excel VBA, you can move on to more complex data analysis. Excel VBA will allow you to extract meaningful insights from large chunks of data and also arrange these insights into user-friendly and easy to read charts and graphs.