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SESSION
2
The VBA Code Editor
Session Checklist
✔ How VBA projects are organized
✔ Using the Project Explorer
✔ Sharing code between projects
✔ Using the editing tools
✔ Working in the Property Window
✔ Using macros in programming
✔ Using online help
he VBA Editor is the tool you use to create and edit your VBA programs, but it is much
more than a simple editor. It also enables you to run and debug your programs, keep
T your code organized, deal with code security, design user input forms, and view online
help information.
Some functions of the Editor are covered in other sessions, specifically secu-
rity (Session 24), debugging (Session 25), and user forms (Sessions 19
Cross-Ref through 21).
Code and Project Organization
At the lowest level, VBA code is organized into units called procedures (or sometimes sub
procedures). A procedure contains the following: