This article is an excerpt from Excel 2007 VBA: Programmer's Reference by John Green, Stephen Bullen, Rob Bovey, and Michael Alexander. Visit Wrox.com to learn more about this book.

Excel VBA is a programming application that allows you to use Visual Basic code to run the many features of the Excel package, thereby allowing you to customize your Excel applications. This article is intended for those who are not familiar with Excel and the Excel macro recorder, or who are inexperienced with programming using the Visual Basic language.