If you’ve ever wanted to do a bit more or automate routine operations so that you don’t always have to perform boring, repetitious tasks manually, this part is for you. This part is also aimed at those Excel users who want to develop Excel-based applications for other users. VBA—Visual Basic for Applications—is the powerful programming language that you can use for these tasks as well as for more esoteric purposes, such as developing that specialized worksheet function that you simply can’t find in Excel.