title: How to get started with Visual Basic for Applications?
body: <p>I'm a little intimidated by the wealth of knowledge displayed on the front page of this website, but it gives me hope that I'm talking to the right people.  I had a pretty rotten experience with one of our programmers today, and I'm hoping that you might be able to offer some advice.</p>
  
  <p>I'm an office admin (primarily clerical), and one of our macros in Microsoft Excel broke today (I apologize if that description makes me sound like a "dumb user").  Our manager called our IT department and they sent up 2 programmers.  The first guy was nice and asked if I'd be interested in watching him fix the problem -- but the 2nd guy spoke up and said "She's just clerical, she'll never get it."</p>
  
  <p>Yeah, it hurt -- but to make a long story short, I asked my husband (who is a "perl" programmer) what I could do to show these guys what I'm made of, and he recommended something called "VBA" because I work with Microsoft Office a lot.  He wasn't quite sure if "VBA" was right, so he recommended I get involved with the community at this website (he says he finds a lot of answers to questions here).</p>
  
  <p>I've researched "VBA" on google, but there are literally THOUSANDS of results. I just want to be able to record and edit macros for Microsoft Office products, and possibly get good enough to show that programmer I'm not just a "stupid female admin".  Can any of you pro's please give me your advice on the following items?</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Is "VBA" actually what I'm looking for to create Macros and automation?</li>
  <li>If not "VBA", what is a more suitable starting point?</li>
  <li>A good book or website with lessons?</li>
  <li>Anything else you think would be helpful?  Do they offer college classes for things like this?</li>
  </ol>