KB163425 - WD97: Macro Programming Resources

Article ID: 163425

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q163425

SUMMARY

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

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Record a Macro and Examine the Code

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

To record a macro, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and click Record New Macro.
Enter a name for the macro in the Macro Name text box, and then click OK.
Perform the actions that you want to learn more about.
When you have completed the actions that you want to record, on the Stop Recording toolbar, click the Stop Recording button.

To view a recorded macro, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.
Find and select your recorded macro in the list of available macros.
Click Edit.

Available Web Site Resources

Microsoft Office Developer Web Site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office

Microsoft Office Developer Support:

http://support.microsoft.com/ofd

Microsoft Public Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.word.vba.addins microsoft.public.word.vba.beginners microsoft.public.word.vba.customization microsoft.public.word.vba.general microsoft.public.word.vba.userforms
microsoft.public.word.word97vba

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

http://www.microsoft.com/support

Other Internet Web sites:

WOW-Woody's Office Watch

http://www.wopr.com/

http://www.windowatch.com/wordbas.html

http://www.baarns.com/

http://www.primeconsulting.com/faqs

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:

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/

Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS):

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.

Books

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

Available with Office Developers Edition (ODE)

Bookstores

Through MS Press

The Microsoft Office 97/Visual Basic Reference:

Bookstores

MS Press

The Microsoft Office Object Model Guide:

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, and then 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:

120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component

For information specific to Visual Basic for Applications, while in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type the Visual Basic for Applications topic that you want, and then click Search.

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

For information about the Word Object Model, in the Visual Basic for Applications Editor, click the Office Assistant, type object model, and then 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 about Office 97 Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

The Knowledge Base is available from the following sources:

Internet Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/support

MSN (The Microsoft Network)

MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network) CD

Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

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