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date: Tue, 6 May 2008 03:21:00 -0700,
group: microsoft.public.word.vba.beginners
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Re: first bigger project
Hello,
Thank you very much for your answer. I would like to work with forms, for
example when a field is filled out, something should happen. How should I
start something like that? Another problem are change text in a table and
format the table. And the third thing are mail merge things.
Can you tell me, what would be the easiest thing to start with, and where
can I learn most? And how should I start projects like these?
Best regards,
Andrea
"Jonathan West" wrote:
>
> "Andrea" wrote in message
> news:A648DC74-3ACC-460A-98E1-EBC00395B817@microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > can you recommend me a topic in which I can program a first bigger project
> > with Word VBA? What could I do, which is not to difficult but combine the
> > objects of word in a way that I can learn to program bigger problems? And
> > how
> > do you go, start to program bigger problems, projects? Do you sketch it,
> > or
> > program it directly, e.g.?
>
> Start with some problem with Word which has bugged you, particularly
> regarding the number of mouse-clicks it takes to do some operation you have
> to do often.
>
> It is always better to start with a real problem and to try and program it
> than to say "I want to program Word VBA to do something"
>
> As for how to go about building projects, Word VBA isn't all that different
> to any other programming language. I would strongly recommend "Code
> Complete" by Steve McConnell as a good all-round guide for good programming
> practice.
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Jonathan West - Word MVP
> www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>
date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:26:01 -0700
author: Andrea
Re: first bigger project
If you want to do things with forms, you first have to decide what it is.
Having done that, you will probably find the way to do it on the following
page of fellow MVP Dian Chapman's website at:
http://www.mousetrax.com/techpage.html#autoforms
--
Hope this helps.
Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Andrea" wrote in message
news:1F76D330-16EB-44A1-98D2-6E172EA65E02@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> Thank you very much for your answer. I would like to work with forms, for
> example when a field is filled out, something should happen. How should I
> start something like that? Another problem are change text in a table and
> format the table. And the third thing are mail merge things.
>
> Can you tell me, what would be the easiest thing to start with, and where
> can I learn most? And how should I start projects like these?
>
> Best regards,
> Andrea
>
> "Jonathan West" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Andrea" wrote in message
>> news:A648DC74-3ACC-460A-98E1-EBC00395B817@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > can you recommend me a topic in which I can program a first bigger
>> > project
>> > with Word VBA? What could I do, which is not to difficult but combine
>> > the
>> > objects of word in a way that I can learn to program bigger problems?
>> > And
>> > how
>> > do you go, start to program bigger problems, projects? Do you sketch
>> > it,
>> > or
>> > program it directly, e.g.?
>>
>> Start with some problem with Word which has bugged you, particularly
>> regarding the number of mouse-clicks it takes to do some operation you
>> have
>> to do often.
>>
>> It is always better to start with a real problem and to try and program
>> it
>> than to say "I want to program Word VBA to do something"
>>
>> As for how to go about building projects, Word VBA isn't all that
>> different
>> to any other programming language. I would strongly recommend "Code
>> Complete" by Steve McConnell as a good all-round guide for good
>> programming
>> practice.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Jonathan West - Word MVP
>> www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>
date: Fri, 9 May 2008 10:21:41 +1000
author: Doug Robbins - Word MVP
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