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Getting Started
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his book is about computing using Excel and Visual Basic
for Applications (VBA). The emphasis is on problem solving
instead of learning about all the Excel and VBA features.
Before we begin exploring Excel and VBA we will look at some
general concepts related to computers including a brief history of
computing.
Computing History in Brief
A computer, today, means an electronic machine that executes instructions given to
it. A meaningful group of instructions constitutes a computer program. By chang-
ing the instructions we can have computers do a whole range of different things. For
example, we can play music and v ...