LacieMoon said:
I guess I've been living under a rock - I did not realize the power of BVA,
nor it's scope. With only enough knowledge to be truly dangerous I would
like
recommendations from others on resources for learning about VBA. I've
tried
help, but am confused by the terminology. Any recommendations for books,
online classes or other resources to start understanding how to use and
apply
VBA?
Thanks for your time! Lacie
Hi Lacie
I suggest you start with the following articles
Getting To Grips With VBA Basics In 15 Minutes
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/VBABasicsIn15Mins.htm
Creating a macro with no programming experience using the recorder
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UsingRecorder.htm
Once you've read those, I would recommend you just dive in and start
experimenting. By all means ask questions here. People will often provide
code snippets in response, and this article will help you understand how to
use them.
What do I do with macros sent to me by other newsgroup readers to help me
out?
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm
In addition,
http://word.mvps.org has a wealth of stuff on Word in general
and VBA in particular.
There are also code examples on just about everything in VBA in the Help
file.
It is also very instructive to record a macro, then view the code to see
what objects the recorder used to achieve the required effect, and then loog
up unfamiliar keywords in the Help to see what they are and what they do.
I've been doing VBA code since VBA was first introduced to Word in 1997, and
I *still* occasionally do that to work out how to do something.
