DOCUMENT:Q163425 11-JAN-2001 [word97] TITLE :WD97: Macro Programming Resources PRODUCT :Word 97 for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:97 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbusage word8 kbwordvba word97kbfaq ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - 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. MORE INFORMATION ================ 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: 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 then click OK. 3. Perform the actions that you want to learn more about. 4. 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: 1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then 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://msdn.microsoft.com/office Microsoft Office Developer Support: http://support.microsoft.com/support/officedev/ Microsoft Public Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.word6-7macros 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/default.htm 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" (without the quotation marks), 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: Q120802 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" (without the quotation marks), 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: Q163435 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 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. 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