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WordBASIC was a subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word-processing in Microsoft Word. It was replaced by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) when Word 97 was released.cite-ref-1[1] Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not object-oriented but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands.cite-ref-2[2]

Contents

• Example code
• References

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Example code

The following code snippets show the difference between WordBasic and VBA with a "Hello, World!" example:cite-ref-3[3]

WordBasic:

Sub MAIN
FormatFont .Name = "Arial", .Points = 10
Insert "Hello, World!"
End Sub

VBA:

Public Sub Main()
With Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 10
End With
Selection.TypeText Text:="Hello, World!"
End Sub

References

cite-note-11. ↑ citerefhalvorsonkinata1997Halvorson, Michael; Kinata, Chris (1997). Microsoft Word 97 Visual Basic Step by Step. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-57231-388-9.
cite-note-22. ↑ Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic, 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs Archived
cite-note-33. ↑ Converting WordBasic Macros to Visual Basic, 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs Archived

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