[Year 12 IT Apps] Macros in Excel

[Mark Kelly]

Kids won't be expected to create macros in VBA or anything as 
sophisticated as that.  A simple recorded macro will suffice to show 
they understand the benefits and uses of macros... perhaps something as 
simple as a button to jump to a different worksheet.

I know we'll have trouble at McKinnon since network security has made 
macro creation very problematic.  If this can't be resolved, I'll just 
get kids to suggest places where specific macros _would_ have been 
useful, even if they could not actually create them.

Mark K

Russell Edwards wrote:
> Does anyone have any thoughts on common uses of macros in Excel?
> 
> I am struggling to come up with any examples that are generally 
> applicable, and therefore worth putting in to student exercises.    I 
> use macros occasionally but they are generally quite specific to the 
> particular job that spreadsheet is designed for.
> 
> About all I can think of would be setting the active cell to the first 
> input data cell upon opening, and inter-sheet navigation buttons.
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> Russell
> Whittlesea SC
> 
> 

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