
Word: VBA Programming Training
This VBA programming for Word training course is designed to give experienced Word users proficiency in using the Visual Basic Editor (VBE). Students will learn how to build applications, debug code, automate data entry, and merge data files. They will also learn how to create forms, build tables, secure information, and share data.
Our public classes use the most current version of the software, but if you’re on an earlier version, our instructor will point out any differences. For private classes, we will use the version of the software you use in your office.
- Learn to use VBA within Microsoft Word.
Webucator is a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLS). Our curriculum has been tested and approved by ProCert Labs, the official tester of Microsoft courseware, and has been found to meet the highest industry standards of instructional quality.

- Visual Basic Editor
- Visual Basic for Applications
- Object Programming
- Event Procedures and Macros
- Event Procedures
- Macros
- Using Help
- Getting Help in the Object Browser
- Using the Visual Basic Editor in Word
- The DisplayDate Procedure
- Programming Basics
- Data Basics
- Scope of Variables
- Reserving a Procedure-level Variable
- Naming Variables
- Selecting the Appropriate Data Type and Name for a Variable
- Using Variables to Accept User Input
- Reserving a Procedure-level String Variable
- The InputBox Function
- Concatenating Strings
- Using String Variables in Word
- Creating a Fax Transmittal Sheet
- Creating the FaxTransmittal Macro Procedure
- Creating a Custom Button
- Control Structures
- Decision Structures
- Using the If Then Else Statement
- Nesting If Then Else Statements
- Using the Selection Structure in Word
- The TablesOfContents Collection
- Coding the CreateToc Procedure
- Decision Structures
- Custom Dialog Boxes
- User Forms
- Windows Standards
- Dialog Box Controls
- Adding a Form
- The Toolbox
- Sizing, Moving, Deleting, and Restoring a Control
- Using the Option Button, Check Box, and List Box Controls in Word
- UserForm's Initialize Event
- The Enter Button's Open Event Procedure
- Debugging and Error Handling
- Errors
- Automation and Error Trapping
- Using the GetObject Function
- Intercepting and Handling Run-time Errors
- Preventing Multiple Instances of an Application
- Using Automation and Error Trapping in Word
- Modifying the CreateCertificate Procedure
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft Word class:
- Expertise in Microsoft Word
Request a Private Class
- Private Class for your Team
- Online or On-location
- Customizable
- Expert Instructors