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Subject:Re: Question on Word Macros From:Kris Olberg <kjolberg -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Sep 1997 15:57:22 -0500
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> From: Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM>
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Question on Word Macros
> Date: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 12:58 PM
>
> Do you have any suggestions for resources for learning VBA
> (particularly the Word 97 parts of VBA)? I'm a competent WordBasic
> user, but all of the Help files included with the VB module seem to
> assume that the user knows a) programming in general, and b)
> object-oriented jargon.
Moving from WordBasic to VBA does require some retraining. However, many of
the same programming concepts you used with WordBasic will also apply to
VBA. With respect to OO, I'd suggest getting a book on object-oriented
programming such as the following, which I found to be a good intro to OOP:
"Karel++: A gentle introduction to the art of object-oriented programming,"
by Bergin, Stehlik, Roberts, and Pattis, pub. by Wiley & Sons.
If you feel ambitious, buy a copy of Visual Basic--the learning edition is
probably under $100--and try writing some a simple program or two, such as
a text editor or a card file. Visual Basic is really the granddaddy to VBA;
many of the skills you learn in VB are effortlessly transferrable to VBA.
> I understand Microsoft Press has a Word 97/VBA book out, but I haven't
> heard anything about it. What I'd really like is something like
> Microsoft Press' Word Developer's Kit or the equivalent book that
> Woody whatsisname (the WOPR person) did for WordBasic.
I've heard the same thing, but I don't know if the book is out yet. A
coworker checked about two weeks ago and it wasn't out then.
Regards...Kris
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