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particular topic and include example programs that you can use to discover
more about VBA on your own. You can find the source code for this book,
along with Bonus Chapters, on the Dummies.com Web site at 
http://
www.dummies.com/go/vbafd5e
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Part I: An Overview of VBA
The main purpose of this part of the book is to help you use the VBA IDE to
write programs. In Chapter 1, I tell you about the various windows and other
physical features of the VBA IDE. In Chapter 2, I tell you about the parts of a
VBA program and show you various methods for running any VBA program
you create. You also gain some experience with the Microsoft help files in
this chapter.
Part II: Learning the Ropes
The main purpose of this part of the book is to help you understand the VBA
language. VBA uses 
statements
(commands) to perform work. Just like in any
language, parts of these statements are very much like human language.
In Chapter 3, I show you how to create various kinds of VBA program contain-
ers. In Chapter 4, you see how to store and manage data. Controlling a program
is important (you don’t want it to run amok), so in Chapter 5 you see exam-
ples of how to perform this task. We all know the results of buggy programs,
so in Chapter 6 I show you how to avoid this problem. Finally, in Chapter 7,
I demonstrate methods of interacting with the user.
Part III: Expanding Your VBA Horizons
The main purpose of this part of the book is to help you build your VBA
knowledge. In Chapter 8, you see how to work with objects — an essential
skill when you discover the benefits of writing programs to create documents
automatically. In Chapter 9, I demonstrate how to use 
arrays
and 
collections,
which are special kinds of data storage containers that VBA uses. Storing
information on disk is very important, so read Chapter 10 to discover how
to access the disk drive. Microsoft is touting XML as the next best thing for
Office users; see Chapter 11 for how to use XML files to your benefit.