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Word: VBA Programming Training (WRD401)

1 day

Microsoft Word VBA Microsoft Office Microsoft

Build practical Word VBA skills to automate documents, create forms and tables, handle data, debug macros, and deliver reliable Microsoft Word solutions.

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Course Overview

This course teaches experienced Microsoft Word users how to program with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Participants learn to work in the Visual Basic Editor, automate document tasks, process user input, create custom forms, manipulate Word content, and debug and handle errors in VBA code.

Public classes use the latest software version, with relevant differences noted for earlier versions. Private classes can be taught using the version used by your organization.

Course Benefits

Navigate the Visual Basic Editor and use its Help and Object Browser features.
Apply object-programming concepts to automate Microsoft Word tasks.
Create and work with VBA procedures, event procedures, and macros.
Declare, name, scope, and use variables effectively.
Collect user input and use string data to generate document content.
Apply decision structures to control how VBA procedures run.
Create custom UserForms with standard dialog-box controls.
Use Word collections and objects to automate document features such as tables of contents.
Debug VBA code and handle run-time errors.
Use automation and error trapping to build more reliable Word solutions.

Delivery Methods

Private Class
Delivered for your team at your site or online.

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Course Outline

Visual Basic Editor
1. Visual Basic for Applications
2. Object Programming
3. Event Procedures and Macros
  1. Event Procedures
  2. Macros
4. Using Help
  1. Getting Help in the Object Browser
5. Using the Visual Basic Editor in Word
  1. The DisplayDate Procedure
Programming Basics
1. Data Basics
2. Variable Scope
  1. Declaring a Procedure-Level Variable
3. Naming Variables
  1. Selecting an Appropriate Data Type and Variable Name
4. Using Variables to Accept User Input
  1. Declaring a Procedure-Level String Variable
  2. Using the InputBox Function
  3. Concatenating Strings
5. Using String Variables in Word
  1. Creating a Fax Transmittal Sheet
  2. Creating the FaxTransmittal Macro Procedure
  3. Creating a Custom Button
Control Structures
1. Decision Structures
  1. Using If...Then...Else Statements
  2. Nesting If...Then...Else Statements
2. Using Selection Structures in Word
  1. The TablesOfContents Collection
  2. Coding the CreateToc Procedure
Custom Dialog Boxes
1. UserForms
2. Windows Standards
3. Dialog-Box Controls
4. Adding a Form
  1. Using the Toolbox
  2. Sizing, Moving, Deleting, and Restoring Controls
  3. Using Option Button, Check Box, and List Box Controls in Word
  4. The UserForm Initialize Event
  5. The Enter Button's Open Event Procedure
Debugging and Error Handling
1. Understanding Errors
2. Automation and Error Trapping
  1. Using the GetObject Function
  2. Intercepting and Handling Run-Time Errors
  3. Preventing Multiple Application Instances
3. Using Automation and Error Trapping in Word
  1. Modifying the CreateCertificate Procedure

Class Materials

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this VBA class:

Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word.

Prerequisite Courses

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

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