What exactly is a Macro?

[Guest]

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

 

[David Biddulph]

Hint for your assessment:

Go into Excel
Find the Help function [and remember this for later]
Enter "macro" into help
Lok at the list of topics there - "About macros" may be a good starting
point.

For the advanced course you could try to find Google, and into that put
"Excel macros".
Among the first things you'll find there are pages from respected
contibutors to this newsgroup, and also information from Microsoft, such as
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA010548371033.aspx

 

[Gord Dibben]

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