Concepts

This section contains the following overviews about programmability in Microsoft Office Word:

• Adding Controls to a Document
• Adding Controls to a UserForm
• Applying Formatting to Text
• Assigning Ranges
• Auto Macros
• Automating Common Word Tasks
• Built-in Dialog Box Argument Lists
• Communicating with Other Applications
• Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic
• Control and Dialog Box Events
• Converting WordBasic Macros to Visual Basic
• Creating a Custom Dialog Box
• Creating a UserForm
• Creating Frames Pages
• Determining Whether the Application Property Is Necessary
• Displaying a Custom Dialog Box
• Displaying Built-in Word Dialog Boxes
• Editing Text
• Error Accessing a Table Row or Column
• Finding and Replacing Text or Formatting
• Finding Out Which Property or Method to Use
• Frequently Asked Visual Basic Questions
• Initializing Control Properties
• Inserting Text in a Document
• Looping Through a Collection
• Miscellaneous Tasks
• Modifying a Portion of a Document
• Modifying a Word Command
• Object Doesn't Support this Property or Method
• OLE Programmatic Identifiers
• Predefined Bookmarks
• Prompting for Information
• Recording a Macro to Generate Code
• Referring to the Active Document Element
• Requested Member of the Collection Does Not Exist
• Returning a Single Object from a Collection
• Returning an Object from a Collection
• Returning Text from a Document
• Revising Recorded Visual Basic Macros
• Selecting Text in a Document
• Setting Control Properties
• Storing Values When a Macro Ends
• Understanding Objects, Properties, and Methods
• Using ActiveX Controls on a Document
• Using ActiveX Controls on Word Documents
• Using Control Values While Code Is Running
• Using DAO from Microsoft Word
• Using Events with ActiveX Controls
• Using Events with the Application Object
• Using Events with the Document Object
• Working with Bibliographies
• Working with Building Blocks
• Working with Content Controls
• Working with Document Objects
• Working with Range Objects
• Working with Tables
• Working with the Selection Object