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Writing Excel Macros with VBA, 2nd Edition
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Writing Excel Macros with VBA, 2nd Edition

by Steven Roman PhD
June 2002
Beginner
570 pages
16h 48m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 4. The Visual Basic Editor, Part II

In this chapter, we conclude our discussion of the Visual Basic Editor. Again, let us remind the reader that he or she may want to read quickly through this chapter and refer to it later as needed.

Navigating the IDE

If you prefer the keyboard to the mouse (as I do), then you may want to use keyboard shortcuts. Here are some tips.

General Navigation

The following keyboard shortcuts are used for navigating the IDE:

F7

Go to the Code window.

F4

Go to the Properties window.

Ctrl-R

Go to the Project window.

Ctrl-G

Go to the Immediate window.

Alt-F11

Toggle between Excel and the VB IDE.

Navigating the code window at design time

Within the code window, the following keystrokes are very useful:

F1

Help on the item under the cursor.

Shift-F2

Go to the definition of the item under the cursor. (If the cursor is over a call to a function or subroutine, hitting Shift-F2 sends you to the definition of that procedure.)

Ctrl-Shift-F2

Return to the last position where editing took place.

Tracing code

The following keystrokes are useful when tracing through code (discussed in Section 4.6, later in this chapter):

F8

Step into

Shift-F8

Step over

Ctrl-Shift-F8

Step out

Ctrl-F8

Run to cursor

F5

Run

Ctrl-Break

Break

Shift-F9

Quick watch

F9

Toggle breakpoint

Ctrl-Shift-F9

Clear all breakpoints

Bookmarks

It is also possible to insert bookmarks within code. A bookmark marks a location to which we can return easily. To insert a bookmark, or to move to the next or previous bookmark, use the Bookmarks ...

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