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... user. Excel is a Cross-Platform Spreadsheet Package Microsoft Excel is the most popular spreadsheet software available for desktop computers. It is a component of the very popular Microsoft Office application suite and is fully integrated to effectively interact with any of the other Microsoft Office modules (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Access). There are only minor differences in the Windows and Macintosh versions, and facility with one of these versions translates immediately to the other, and files created on one platform can readily be used within the package on the other platform. These lessons are written for the Office 97 version on the Windows 95 platform, but you should have little difficulty translating them to another version and/or the Macintosh platform if that is necessary for your environment. Lessons Each of the lessons below is designed to introduce some specific Excel capabilities. Generally, the lessons are intended to be used in sequence, and the product produced in one lesson may be used in a subsequent lesson -- these dependencies are always referred to directly in the lessons themselves. Each lesson is also graded according to its skill level. Beginning (B) implies little or no previous experience. These are typically written in tutorial style: offering step-by-step instructions. Intermediate (I) and Advanced (A) levels depend upon some practice and familiarity with the application. Most of these latter lessons are written as problems with suggestions or hints for solving them. Specific steps or methods are left up to the user. VISUAL BASIC is becoming more and more popular now as it is one of the easiest programming tool to learn.With some basic guidance, anybody can come up with a nice little windows-based program within a short time. Age is not the limit, regardless of you are 80 years old or a 4-year old child. However, do not ever think that Visual Basic can only build simple programs, you could actually develop very advance and powerful applications. Indeed, Visual Basic 6.0 even allows you to develop web applications.Nevertherless, advance programming is temporarily out of the scope of this web site, if you are still interested, please refer to some of the links provided in this page. The Objective of this online tutorial is to provide free tutorial for beginner to intermediate users.Those who want to use the lessons as their teaching materials in schools and colleges are welcome to do so but with prior consent from the webmaster. You are also welcome to participate in our discusion, any idea is greatly appreciated and be generous in helping others.If you like to contribute your sample programs, please share with us, I am sure all of us will be very grateful. Indeed, we can learn and grow by helping and sharing.Together we shall make this web site a wonderful place for the VB community.Do remember to check back often for latest news and updates. To start programmming with Visual Basic 6.0, you need to purchase a copy of Microsoft VB6.0 compiler from any computer outlets or from online stores. For your convenience, I have put up a link on the left of this page where you can click and purchase the compiler online, it is easy and time saving. After purchasing the vb6.0, you have to install it into your PC after which you can start programming straight away. If you are new to programming, just refer to its help file and tutorial or you can come back to this page for some basic references. If you are happy and satisfied with the tutorial, it is only natural that you will want to share your experience and recommend this web site to your friends. You can do so by clicking on the pass-it-on icon on the left. Happy programming! 1.1 A brief description of Visual Basic VISUAL BASIC is a high level programming language evolved from the earlier DOS version called BASIC. BASIC means Beginners' Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is a fairly easy programming language to learn. The codes look a bit like English Language. Different software ...