I've bought every edition of this book going back to Excel 95. The book is written in a format that keeps your interest (sometimes rare for programming books).

I have this book for more than two months now and I found it very useful especially on my first VBA project. I have a weekly report and I used to do this manually and often get errors because I have to cross reference values in one big spreadsheet with multiple tabs. Not until I got this book and read the basics and go to specific chapters where I need help. I felt so accomplished after I finished the whole macro. What took me 30 minutes to do manual referencing and typing now only takes less than two minutes including sending it through email. This book is very easy to understand especially for those who know Excel and would like to expand their skills in VBA. Mr Spreadsheet has provided good example files to help us better understand VBA. His approach is basic enough for those who doesn't have any experience in creating macros. By the way if your CD doesn't have the source files or example file go to http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-302036.html and select "All Wiley Products" or call Technical Support. Type your request for the e-source files and they will get back to you really fast with a link of the FTP site for the files. Don't bother to call customer support because they will try to sell you the e-book even though you already have the book. It might be a hassle but its all worth it.

I am only on page 250 of 1000 or so, but so far this book is excellent!! I had no VBA experience to speak of, this book is pefect for the beginner who learns fast. It is not a slow paced book, but it is very detailed and easy to follow. The author is clearly an crazy expert on VBA and an excellent writer.

I HIGHLY recommend this book. It came with a CD that is filled with VBA samples, but I have not found them anywhere near as interesting as the book itself.

Very detailed and thorough. I'm an Excel whiz, or so I thought. I learned a lot about Excel and VB. Best resource I've found for this function. You can't go wrong.

This book successfully combines a great introduction to both Excel and VBA 2007. In fact, I was going to get a separate source on Excel 2007 but then I saw this book had enough of Excel stuff for me. The book is supplemented with a CD with VBA samples; also, there is the author's website where you can find Excel/VBA developer tips.

It is true that the PDF version is missing on the CD, but I myself didn't have much need for it.

This is - by far - the most valuable VBA tool I've purchased.

I generally have a hard time reading books about programming because they are either 1) way above my head, 2) don't provide "real-life" examples of when you would want to use the code, or 3) just plain boring. Not with this book...

It teaches you how to build tools - like progress indicators, advanced userforms, and general utilities. I've been able to take a little bit from each chapter and create stellar spreadsheet applications. This book has saved me hours... if I can't figure out how to write a block of code, I don't spend time searching Google - I go straight to the book.

Best Reason: it comes with a CD full of macro examples that mirror the chapter concepts. I was able to read the chapter, then go to the computer and try it out (with the code already written out for me). I picked up new concepts much faster than just reading it on my own.

Excellent for Excel 2003 or 2007.

This is a GREAT introduction to ALL aspects of Excel and VBA. Most people who need this book come into VBA from other experiences and have rarely taken classes in VBA and they need a readable reference that can bring them up to speed on the parts they don't understand yet.

Used this way the book is simply outstanding and most users probably don't need anything more than this book, but I'm not one of those people.

I purchased "Professional Excel Development" by Bullen, Bovey, and Green at the same time and was awestruck at the depth of their knowledge and their passion for making Excel the only development tool your company will ever need. Personally I think they are absolutely nuts in a very knowledgeable and useful way.

The biggest problem with "Professional Excel Development" is that readers are expected to know a LOT more about Excel and VBA than average and Walkenbach nicely addresses that issue. He's also a lot more readable than the other authors and so can be used in conjunction with them to clarify the points that they are making.

Regardless of how you use this book, it is a very good for just about any level of VBA developer and firmly earns the 5 star rating.

If you'd like to have a reference where you could look for to solve doubts or understand the way the things work in Excel, this the right book.

I had to use this book as a textbook for an engineering computer applications class and I found it very helpful.

This is one of the best books on Excel VBA. Missing e-book? No problem! You can get it within 24 hours through download from the publisher.

I purchased this book at the recommendation of readers from the previous edition. However to my horror, the e-Book that promised is missing. This is simply unacceptable. Just for this point itself, I advise readers do not rush themselves to buy it till they settle that problem.

What a phenomenal reference for excel!!! Superb tool for the beginner as well as the experienced user. As far as the missing book on the cd, just go to the publishers website and they will resolve the missing ebook issue. (The web address is listed on the CD)

What a phenomenal reference for excel!!! Superb tool for the beginner as well as the experienced user. As far as the missing book on the cd, just go to the publishers website and they will resolve the missing ebook issue.

I totally agree with the previous comment: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK UNLESS IT GETS UPGRADED WITH THE RIGHT CD! (Here the challenge would be to know when this is done). It's a shame that this happens with a book that we had been waiting for so long, specially for most of us who regularly travel and it is not practical to carry such a heavy package everywhere.
I'm also quite disappointed with the results obtained after contacting the author (who said the he didn't have the pdf file himself! Do you believe this?). Is that the type of customer support that we expect as end users? Additionally, I tried the link to get support from Wiley, but guess what: the web page is not working!! (so don't be so confident that this can be resolved quickly).
As a professor in a private university I'm seriuosly considering a book return (as well as adopting a different text for my courses)...

I really enjoyed John's "Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA" and I was looking forward to giving his 2007 edition an enthusiastic 5 stars. I have read Excel books by other authors, and no one seems to present the material as clearly as John does. However, when I received the book I was very disappointed to find out that the CD-ROM included with the book did not contain a searchable .PDF version of the book as advertized. Instead, there was a one page .PDF file on the CD with the following text: "This is just a Placeholder. Actual PDF is not ready yet - Media Development." If having a searchable .PDF version of the book is as important to you as it is to me, I would suggest that you wait to purchase this book until you can confirm the books are shipping with the .PDF version on the CD as advertized.