It would be a good idea to make a copy of your Normal template before you begin playing with macros. There is limited undo ability, and no backup here Word assumes that if you are in this deep you know what you are doing.
Macros are designed to help you automate Word to make your life easier. However, this article may help you understand Word a little better, giving you more power over what you do with it. You can use simple macros perfectly happily without knowing any of the information that follows. To experiment with modules and macros, you will need to explore the VBE (Visual Basic Editor). However, you can create other modules within the Normal template, and you can save your macros in other templates if you prefer. By default, macros you create go into the NewMacros module in the Normal template. Within templates, macros are saved in Modules, which hold collections of macros. Macros are written in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), one of a number of coding languages. The Visual Basic Editor (VBE) is the environment where one can write and edit macros. An Introduction to the Visual Basic Editor (VBE)Ĭontributed by John McGhie and Daiya Mitchell
