Microsoft Excel 2019 Programming Pocket Primer

This concise guide delivers exactly what busy professionals need: a fast-track introduction to Excel VBA programming without the overwhelming detail of comprehensive manuals. Julitta Korol systematically breaks down Visual Basic for Applications across nine focused chapters, moving from absolute fundamentals to practical automation techniques. The book's pocket primer approach means you get straight to the actionable skills that transform spreadsheet work, with clear examples that build progressively. What makes this particularly valuable is how the core programming concepts translate directly to other Microsoft Office applications like Access, giving you transferable automation knowledge.

The real strength lies in how Korol prioritizes immediately useful content over exhaustive reference material, making this ideal for analysts, administrators, and anyone who needs to automate Excel tasks quickly. You'll learn to create macros, manipulate data programmatically, and build custom functions without getting bogged down in advanced theory. The focused chapters mean you can realistically work through the entire book in a week while applying each new skill directly to your spreadsheets. For anyone who's stared at complex Excel workbooks and wished for automation superpowers, this primer provides the exact toolkit needed to start writing effective VBA code immediately.