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VBA is dying, and Microsoft is building Excel's future without it

Cloud collaboration, macro security, and new tools like Office Scripts, Power Query, and Python are pushing VBA to the ...
The Verge

Microsoft rolls back blocking Office VBA macros by default

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is rolling back a planned change to block Visual Basic for ...
Ars Technica

A handy guide to turning your VBA into AppleScript

As you're probably well aware by now, the highly-anticipated Office 2008 is coming with a lot of new features, but it's also shedding a few features along the way. One of the big losses, especially ...
PC World

Get 42 hours of Excel VBA training while helping a worthy cause

If you’re keen on investing in your education this year, you can’t go with learning Microsoft Excel. It’s one of the most popular programs in the world for many reasons. For one, it helps you stay ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Visual Basic Resurgence? Project Seeks to 'Bring the VBE into This Century!'

But there are signs of new life in the VB ecosystem, most recently on the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) side of things. This week saw a couple of improvements to Rubberduck, a project to upgrade ...
CSOonline

VBA macros are a serious malware threat once again

Once upon a time, Visual Basic macros were one of the prevailing forms of malware. Visual Basic for Applications (or VBA) is used to automate functions, and make programs like the Word and Excel much ...