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 Applications ...

Macros are the timesaving magic trick for Office applications because they automate repetitive tasks that gobble time. This week’s feature, which spotlights Excel, is one of several articles featuring ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

For years, Excel 2008 has been teasing me: Every time I launched the app, I’d see that menu item, mocking me, tempting me to click. “Go ahead,” it would whisper, “You know you want to. This time it’ll ...

Microsoft announced Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) at Wednesday's PDC keynote. VSTA is a .NET version of its Microsoft's application scripting tool, Visual Basic for Applications, the ...

Microsoft Excel is one of the most popular spreadsheets used across the globe for both individual and business purposes. It is the one-stop destination for storing, organizing, and manipulating data ...

Anywhere Software announced a free tool that "takes up where Visual Basic left off." Dubbed B4J, the tool has been added to the company's B4X RAD suite, which includes similar offerings such as B4A ...