WD97: Macro Programming Resources

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article contains information about available resources for creating custom solutions using Visual Basic for Applications and Microsoft Word 97.

The third-party contact information included in this article is provided to help you find the technical support you need. This contact information is subject to change without notice. Microsoft in no way guarantees the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

NOTE: Because the Microsoft Web site is constantly updated, the site address of a Microsoft page listed here may change without notice. If this occurs, link to the Microsoft home page at the following address:

   http://www.microsoft.com/

MORE INFORMATION

Record a Macro and Examine the Code

The best resource for learning more about programming using Visual Basic for Applications is to record a macro and then examine the code.

To record a macro, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and click Record New Macro.

2. Enter a name for the macro in the Macro name text box and click OK.

3. Perform the actions you wish to learn more about.

4. When you have completed the actions you wish to record, on the Stop Recording toolbar click the Stop Recording button.

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and click Macros.

2. Find and select your recorded macro in the list of available macros.

3. Click Edit.

Available Web Site Resources

Microsoft Office Developer Web Site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/officedev/

   http://www.microsoft.com/offdevsupport/

   microsoft.public.word.wordbasic
   microsoft.public.word.vba

   NOTE: For more information, please see the following Microsoft World
   Wide Web Site:

      http://www.microsoft.com/support/news/default.asp

   WOW-Woody's Office Watch http://www.wopr.com/
   http://www.windowatch.com/wordbas.html
   http://www.baarns.com/97/word/o-97word.asp
   http://www.baarns.com/
   http://www.primeconsulting.com/pcgfaq.shtml
   http://factt.utsa.edu/training/guide.htm

Available Consultant Line Resources

Office Development Consulting (ODC):

   Phone: (800) 936-5200
   Microsoft Technical Support Office Developer Consult Line provides
   extended custom support to customers for a one hour minimum charge and
   an hourly rate thereafter. Office Developer Consulting provides
   customers with access to extended custom support when the requirements
   exceed the boundaries of product support.

   Microsoft Solution Providers are independent organizations that have
   teamed up with Microsoft to use technology to solve business problems
   for companies of all sizes and industries.

   To locate a Microsoft Solution Provider in your area, in the U.S. and
   Canada call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400.
   If you are outside the United States, contact your local subsidiary. To
   locate your subsidiary, see the Microsoft World Wide Offices Web site
   at:

      http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.htm

   Phone: (800) 426-9400 or (905) 712-0333
   Technology Consulting Blueprints provide flexible but well-defined
   road maps that you can follow to adopt Microsoft products to meet your
   business needs. They help you determine the scope for a project and
   provide you with details on the how best to accomplish your objective
   (for instance, planning for Microsoft Exchange).

   Custom Consulting helps you plan, build, and manage client-server
   solutions based on Microsoft technology. If you are migrating to a
   client-server environment from a host-based system, developing a
   mission-critical application, or redesigning your network, MCS
   custom consultants work with your IT staff and third parties to
   oversee Microsoft-based client-server projects from design through
   implementation, providing quality assurance, team management, and
   knowledge transfer.

   Enterprise Program Managers, or EPMs, are senior level MCS consultants
   who work long-term at your site, combining knowledge of your business
   with a detailed understanding of Microsoft vision, technologies, and
   organization to help you achieve a close fit between your systems
   environment and Microsoft technology. The combination of extensive
   experience with close cooperation puts EPMs in a unique position to
   create effective custom solutions that meet your information
   technology and business goals.

   For more information, please see the following article in the
   Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE ID: Q80850
   TITLE     : Microsoft Product Support Offerings

Books

The Microsoft Office 97/Visual Basic Programmer's Guide:

      Available with Office Developers Edition (ODE)

      Bookstores

      Through MS Press

      Bookstores

      MS Press

      Available with the Office Developers Edition (ODE)

      http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/

Online Help

For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, in Office Assistant, type "Visual Basic for Applications" (without the quotation marks) and click Search.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Office Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or
               Component

For information about the relationships of one object to another, use the Object Browser. While in the Visual Basic or Applications Editor, click Object Browser on the View menu.

For information about the Word Object Model, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "Object Model" (without the quotation marks) and click Search.

The Microsoft Knowledge Base

For Visual Basic for Applications questions not relating to the Word object model, do not limit your query to Word. Many Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, or Visual Basic articles may apply to Visual Basic for Applications in Word.

For information on Office 97 Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

   Internet Web site:

      http://www.microsoft.com/kb/

   MSN (The Microsoft Network)

   MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network) CD

Technet CD

For information on subscribing to Technet, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE ID: Q110651
   TITLE     : MTS Information Services