1. Make a short survey about using MACROS in MS Office. Comment your experience working with them.

Express your
oppinion about main advantages in using MACROS. Explain how you would implement a simple macro named DOBLE, in
Excel, that will double the numeric value stored in cell A2.
2. Make a short survey about using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) in MS Office. Express your oppinion about main
advantages in using VBA. Give your oppinion about using MACROS vbersus VBA.
3. Make a short survey about using BUSCARV and BUSCARH functions in EXCEL. State similarities and differences. Give
examples of the kind of applications in which these functions could be used.
4. Make a short survey about using SOLVER in EXCEL. Explain the kind of problems in which SOLVER could be applied

Hello Teacher and Classmates.

This is my first participation.

ACADEMIC FORUM
1. Make a short survey about using MACROS in MS Office. Comment your experience
working with them. Express your oppinion about main advantages in using MACROS.
Explain how you would implement a simple macro named DOBLE, in Excel, that will double
the numeric value stored in cell A2.
SURVEY: In programs of MSOffice such as Access and Excel, a macro is a saved sequence of
command s or keyboard strokes that can be stored and then recalled with a single command or
keyboard stroke.
About my experience using Macros in MS I should say that Ive used in Excel in order to develop a
series of tasks in high school. At the beginning it was a little hard to understand how they but with
practice I could manage them.
Regards to the main advantages of Macros in MS Office I can mention the following ones:

Macros are of a great help to reduce the time and efforts.

Macros help to store series of commands and functions.

Macros easily automate repetitive processes.

Macros automate common and repetitive keystrokes that you use in Excel to create and
edit spreadsheets.

A large number of tasks or actions can be recorded in a single macro.

A single click of a button or shortcut key can be used to see the macro running.

Macros can help to ensure more accurate results than doing the task manually.

To implement a simple macro named DOBLE in Excel we can do the following steps:

1.

Click on button recorder MACROS

2.

Write the name of the MACROS DobleA2

3.

Write any number or value in the cell A2

4.

Go to the cell B2 and write this formula = A$2 * 2 and pressed enter

5.

Click to stop recording macro.

6.

Now we can check the MACRO erasing the data of B2 cell and place in that cell

7.

Click in SEE MACROS

8.

Select DobleA2 and click in Execute option

9.

Automatically the value in A2 is duplicated in B2 cell

2. Make a short survey about using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) in MS Office. Express
your oppinion about main advantages in using VBA. Give your oppinion about using
MACROS vbersus VBA.
SURVEY: VBA is an integration of the Microsofts event-driven programming language Visual Basic
with Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Excel. By running VBA within the Microsoft
Office applications is possible to build customized solutions and programs to enhance the
capabilities of those applications.
I consider that the main advantages of using VBA are:

It is a time saving function

Get consistent results at much greater speed than do it of manual form.

VBA allows create buttons in menu bars.

Error Handling: If a macro encounters an error, it just stops.

Control: With VBA, you can exercise almost complete control over your code.

My opinion about using MACROS versus VBA. Well, I consider that MACROS is easier than use
VBA because to use VBA is necessary to have knowledge of programming. In other words, people
who want to use VBA have to learn codes in order to use adequately and this is can be a little
difficult at the beginning.
3. Make a short survey about using BUSCARV and BUSCARH functions in EXCEL. State
similarities and differences. Give examples of the kind of applications in which these
functions could be used.
SURVEY - (Similarities): VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP are functions in Excel that allow you to search
a table of data and based on what the user has supplied and give appropriate information from that
table.

SURVEY - (Differences):
VLOOKUP allows searching a table that is set up vertically. That is, all of the data is set up in
columns and each column is responsible for one kind of data.
HLOOKUP is the exact same function, but looks up data that has been formatted by rows instead of
columns.
The format of the VLOOKUP function is:
VLOOKUP(lookup_value,table_array,col_index_num,range_lookup).
The format of the HLOOKUP function is:
HLOOKUP(lookup_value,table_array,row_index_num,range_lookup).

Examples of the kind of applications in which these functions could be used.

We can use VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP very large database or string of values housed in
an Excel workbook.

Databases of stores (clothes, food, technology with their respective prices)

Databases of customers (Names, age, sex, etc)

4. Make a short survey about using SOLVER in EXCEL. Explain the kind of problems in
which SOLVER could be applied.
SURVEY: Solver is part of a suite of commands sometimes called what-if analysis tools. With
Solver, we can find an optimal value for a formula in one cell called the target cell on a worksheet.
What is more, Solver works with a group of cells that are related, either directly or indirectly, to the
formula in the target cell. Solver adjusts the values in the changing cells specifying called the
adjustable cells to produce the result that you specify from the target cell formula. Also, we can
apply to restrict the values that Solver can use in the model, and the constraints can refer to other
cells that affect the target cell formula.
Solver can be applied to solve the following problems:

Solver uses techniques from the operations research to find optimal solutions for all kind
of decision problems

To solve systems of equations or inequalities

To solve problems with Integer Constraints

If you try to solve a model that is not linear, Solver will indicate that linearity conditions were
not satisfied making a Linearity Report

If you try to solve a model that has no feasible solution, Solver will display the message
Solver could not find a feasible solution known as Feasibility Report.

Also, Solver provides statistics about the entire final population of candidate
solutions through of a Population Report.

Thank you.
Sara Salazar Loor.

Hello teacher and classmates

This is my second participation.
In this opportunity I would like comment the German Patricio Quiguango Cruzs
participation. I agree with him about that MACROS are really useful because
they reduce time, energy and space.
Also, I think like him: MACROS are important to create professional applications
for Businesses and enterprises.
About VBA, I agree with him that using VBA can be difficult because it is
necessary to have knowledge of programming language.
What is more, as mentioned by German I think Solver is a powerful tool in order
to solve linear programming problems and we can use it in different kinds of
analysis such as Inventory and Projects. Definitely, Solver is a great tool
especially for companies in order to take the best decisions that optimize
resources and times.
In conclusion, MACROS, VBA, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP and SOLVER are amazing
tools of MS Office especially of Excel because they facilitate different tasks in
order to save time and improve the quality of information.
Thank you.
Sara Salazar.

about agree with him about that MACROS are really useful because they reduce
time, energy and space.