Exp19_Excel_Ch12_HOEAssessment_To_Do_List

Project Description:

You have been named the new social director of your schools student government association. As part of your position, you organize, meetings, study sessions, and social gatherings. To help manage planning, you have decided to create an Excel template that can be reused each month. To complete this task you will download and edit a template from the template gallery. Automate the portions of the worksheet using the macro recorder and VBA, as well as inspect the document for compatibility and accessibility issues.

Start   Excel. Download and open the file named Exp19_Excel_CH12_HOEAssessment_ToDoList.xlsx. Grader has automatically added   your last name to the beginning of the filename.

Select the range B2:I7. Click   the Data tab, click Data Validation, and click the Input Message tab. Click   Clear All to remove all data validation comments added by the template   creator. Click OK.

Delete column C.

Click cell B3, click the Review   tab, and click New Comment. Type the comment Enter Task. Using the previous method, add   the following comments to the corresponding cells.
 

  C3 – Enter   Status
  D3 – Enter   Start Date
  E3 – Enter   Due Date
  F3 – Enter   % Complete

Ensure the Developer tab is   enabled. Click cell B4. Click the Developer tab and click Use Relative   References in the Code group. Use the macro recorder to record a macro named DateStamp that inserts the current date   in the active cell. (Note, Mac users, Use Relative References is not   available on Mac).
  Hint: to insert the current date, press CTRL + :

Open the VBA Editor and insert a new module. Enter the following code   to create the reset procedure. Once the code is entered, run the macro, and   exit the VBA Editor.
  Note: To exit the VBA Editor, click File and select Save and return to Excel.   Alternatively on PC, press ALT+F11 or ALT+Q.
 

Sub Reset()
‘Resets To Do List
Range(“B4:H7”) =   “”
End Sub

Insert a Form control button   with the caption Date Stamp spanning the cell C9 and assign the DateStamp   macro. Ensure that the button remains within the borders of cells C9.

Insert a Form control button   with the caption Reset spanning the Cell D9 and assign the Reset macro. Click cell B4   and press the Date Stamp button to insert the current date. Then click the   Reset button to test the functionality of the newly created form control   button. 

Use the Accessibility Checker to check and identify accessibility   issues. Use the Accessibility checker pane to unmerge the range B2:H2 and   change the Table style to White Table Style Medium 1.

Select the range B2:H2, and   remove all borders. Select the range C2:H2, and apply the cell style Heading   1.

Select cell B2 and apply the   cell style Heading 2.

Insert a new worksheet named Code.

Open the VBA Editor, Module1,   and copy the code. Paste the code in the Code worksheet starting in cell A1.

Open the VBA Editor, open   Module2, and copy the code. Paste the code in the Code worksheet starting in   cell A10.

Save and close Exp19_Excel_CH12_HOEAssessment_ToDoList.xlsx   as a macro-free workbook (.xlsx).   Exit Excel. Submit the file as directed.