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VBA Classes FAQs

FAQs on VBA Classes Methodology
1. Do I need to be online at any specific time?
2. What do I need to enjoy the lessons?
3. I am an absolute newbie, can I join VBA Classes?
4. What version of Excel do we use in this program?
5. Can I ask questions or doubts?
6. What happens if I am busy and cannot log-in for a while?
7. How does VBA Classes Work?
8. How much time does it take to finish the lessons?
9. Will I get a certificate when I finish the course?
10. What happens if I finish viewing all the lessons?

FAQs on Options, Pricing, Payments & Discounts

11. What is the difference between various options?
12. What do I need to sign up?
13. How can I get my company pay for this program?
14. Can I get a payment receipt?
15. Can I upgrade to some other option after joining?
16. Or there any other payments or hidden costs?
17. Do I have Money Back Guarantee?
18. Are there any team discounts? I want to sign up my entire team.
19. VBA Classes is pricey…

FAQs on Topics & Content

20. Will there be any home work?
21. What are the topics covered in VBA Classes?
22. Will we be discussing about Dashboards, Advanced Excel?
23. Will we be advanced topics like add-in development, Windows API, Complex Macros?
24. What happens in Open Week?

Other FAQs

25. Can I share the lessons or example files with colleagues or friends?

Do I need to be online at any specific time?No. You can watch the lessons at leisure. Each week, we will be releasing new lessons. You can log-in and go thru the lessons at your own pace and comfort. You can even download the lessons and watch them offline (if you purchase the download option).

What is the difference between various options?VBA Classes come in 4 options.

• VBA Classes – ONLINE Option: In this option, you can view all the VBA lessons online, in our classroom area. You can download example workbooks and play with the code too.
• VBA Classes – DOWNLOAD Option: In this option, you can view all lessons online and also download HD quality lesson videos for later viewing. You can download example workbooks and play with the code too.
• Excel School + VBA Classes Option: In this option, you get everything in “VBA Classes – DOWNLOAD” + you also get 24 hours of Excel training (with downloadalbe videos + Excel files).
• Excel School + Dashboards + VBA Classes Option: This one has it all. Excel, Dashboards & VBA Classes – a total of 50 hours of training and more than 75 example workbooks for you to download.

What do I need to sign up?You need a credit card to purchase VBA Classes membership. You can also make payment thru Bank Transfer & check. In certain countries, you may use your checking account to make the payment too. Optionally, if you have PayPal account, you can use that too purchase VBA Classes membership. But in any case, having PayPal account is not necessary.

What do I need to enjoy the lessons?

• A computer with a modern browser (IE, Firefox or Chrome)
• Excel 2007+ (Excel 2003 is fine too, but some lessons are suited for Excel 2007)
• Speakers or ear phones that can give you good quality output
• Time and zeal to learn

How can I get my company pay for this program?I have prepared a simple document explaining this program. Download [pdf link] and send it your boss. Since $97 (or $397) is not a big amount, your boss should be happy to invest in your skills.

Can I get a payment receipt?Yes. As soon as you make the payment, I will send you a receipt. You can use this to claim reimbursement at work. Let me know if you need any additional documents, I can provide you them. Write to me at chandoo.d @ gmail.com.

I am an absolute newbie, can I join VBA Classes?The answer to this is mixed. If you don’t know much about excel, then you should watch Excel Tutorials for Beginners series. These are 10 free videos and they should help you appreciate various features of Excel. Ideally, you should join Excel School + VBA Classes combination if you do not know much Excel.

What version of Excel do we use in this program?Excel 2007. For all the demos and videos, we use Excel 2007. Whenever we discuss an incompatible feature, We will provide some alternatives for Excel 2003. But this is not always possible. But most examples and ideas can be implemented rightaway in Excel 2003 or above.

Will there be any home work?Yes, we will have home work once every 1-2 weeks. Each home work file comes with a set of questions and an answer sheet. You can use the answer sheet to verify your answers. You can also post a comment to discuss a particular aspect of home-work assignment.

Can I ask questions or doubts?Absolutely. The VBA Classes website is similar to Chandoo.org. You can go thru the lesson and ask questions using comments feature. We will answer them as soon as possible. Not just a faculty member, any one in the class can answer the questions. If we get good questions, we may as well convert the answer to a fresh lesson and post it online. (Pls. note that we cannot answer specific questions related to your work or not related to the topic under discussion).

What happens if I am busy and cannot log-in for a while?No worries, just log-in when you have time and go thru all the pending lessons. You can read / watch them in any order too.

Can I upgrade to some other option after joining?Sure you can. You will find upgrade details & links in VBA Classes website.

Or there any other payments or hidden costs?No, there are no other payments or hidden costs other than what is stated here. You either pay $397 or $297 or $197 or $97 ONETIME. That is all.

Do I have Money Back Guarantee?Yes. Your membership comes with 30 day money-back guarantee. If you dont like the program, please email me asking for refund and I will refund the money and cancel your membership. No questions asked. And the beauty is, we are still cool.

How does VBA Classes Work?Once you pay the course fees and sign up for VBA Classes,

• You will be given a userid and password to access VBA Classes classroom
• Once you login to VBA Classes, you can go thru lessons, week by week.
• You can download example excel files, home work and videos (if you sign up for download option) for further learning
• You can ask questions or discuss topics with other classmates thru comments
• Once every week, we will send you a news-letter with information, links and discuss course progress

Learn more about VBA Classes from this guide [PDF].

What are the topics covered in VBA Classes?The following excel topics are covered in-depth in VBA Classes:

VBA Topics
Introduction to VBA	Working with Visual Basic Editor	Writing & Recording Macros	Working with Cells & Ranges
Worksheets & Workbooks	Pivot Tables, Charts & More	Form Controls & Active-x Controls on Excel	User Forms – Basics
User Forms – Advanced	Integration with other Office Apps	Class Project	Open Week
Bonus Module #1: Introduction to Programming
Bonus Module #2: Debugging your Code
Bonus Module #3: Working with Databases
VBA Classes – Course Details & Brochure.

How much time does it take to finish the lessons?Most lessons in VBA Classes are for 20-30 minutes. However, there will be some lessons that go on for 60 minutes. This is because some topics take more time to explain. It should take you 12 weeks to complete this program, if you spend 1-2 hours everyweek, following the lessons.

Are there any team discounts? I want to sign up my entire team.Thank you. And of course yes. If you sign up 3 or more people in one shot, you get 25% off the price, for all the students.
Please specify the quantity in order form and your discount will be applied automatically.

If you need further help, just send me an email – chandoo.d @ gmail.com or call me at +1 206 792 9480.

Will we be discussing about Dashboards, Advanced Excel?Yes. To learn Excel, go for Excel School + VBA option. To learn Dashboards, go for Excel School + Dashboards + VBA option.

Will we be advanced topics like add-in development, Windows API, Complex Macros?No. This course is aimed at beginner and intermediate level users of Excel and helps them become very good in various areas of Excel. We have deliberately avoided topics like Windows API integration, Add-in development, Complex macros so that we can focus on other important and basic concepts.

Will I get a certificate when I finish the course?You can request for a certificate when you are done going thru lessons. Around week 12, you will see a “request certificate” button. Use it to get your certificate.

What happens in Open Week?During weeks 4,5 & 6 we will ask students to suggest a few more topics to be added to the course. Based on student suggestions, we will add 3 more lessons and share them during Week 12 – Open Week.

What happens if I finish viewing all the lessons?Your VBA Classes membership is valid for 6 months from the date of joining. You are free to repeat any lessons or ask questions if you have finished all of them.

VBA Classes is pricey…$97 (or $147 or $247 or $347) is what you will earn in a few days in most countries around the world. Investing this amount to boost your career skills is a very good move. However if you are finding this as an expensive option, I can totally understand to you. Here is what I suggest. Don’t join the program. Instead, just sign up Chandoo.org newsletter or RSS Feeds. Read the blog archives in the last 3 years. There are tons of excellent articles, downloads, demos, tutorials covering practically every topic of Excel. They all are FREE. So go ahead and become awesome.

Can I share the lessons or example files with colleagues or friends?You cannot share lessons or videos with anyone. You cannot also share the bonus content (free ebooks etc.) with anyone. You can, however, share the example files with colleagues purely for work reasons (ie, if you use the example workbook to prepare a chart, you can share that).
Please note that VBA Classes content is copy-righted and protected by international laws. You are allowed one license for viewing, repeating, learning from the content. You are not given any rights to reproduce or share the content with out my explicit authorization.
You are also not allowed to share your login id / password with anyone.

We hope to see you in VBA Classes.

About Your Teacher – Chandoo:

At Chandoo,org, I have one goal – “to make you awesome in Excel”. I have started writing about Excel in year 2007. To date, I have authored more than 350 tutorials, articles and how-to guides and trained 900 students and made them awesome in Excel. I have received prestigious MVP award from Microsoft in years 200, 2010 & 2011.

About Your Teacher – Vijay:

Vijay has been working with Excel & VBA for last 7 years. He has a wealth of VBA knowledge and very eager to share it with us. He is a regular member at chandoo.org forums. He will be teaching various VBA concepts, examples etc in the VBA Class.

About Your Teacher – Hui:

Hui works as an executive in a mining company in Australia. He is very passionate about scheduling, budgeting & simulation. He will be posting about these topics and answering your questions at our VBA Class.

We hope to see you in our VBA Class.

Links & Downloads

VBA Classes – Join Today

Pricing & Payment Option – for Indians

Frequently Asked Questions about VBA Classes

VBA Class Brochure [PDF]

Testimonials from Past Students