Book excerpt: Exploring Visual Basic is designed to teach problem solving skills by demonstrating how to write programs in Visual Basic. The book is written for a computer novice and assumes no previous knowledge of Visual Basic or Windows 95. Introduces the Macro Recorder which records a set of Visual Basic commands for the user. By introducing the programming language this way, users are able to get results that are immediately usable. A series of hands-on exercises leads the reader through each concept. Each tutorial is illustrated with large, full-color, screen captures that are clear and easy to read. For users and programmers of Visual Basic or computer programming students.