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WordBASIC
Subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word-processing

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. Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not object-oriented but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands.

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Example code

The following code snippets show the difference between WordBasic and VBA with a "Hello, World!" example: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

  1. Halvorson, Michael; Kinata, Chris (1997). Microsoft Word 97 Visual Basic Step by Step. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-57231-388-9. 1-57231-388-9 ↩

  2. Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic, 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs Archived https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa211963%28v=office.11%29.aspx ↩

  3. Converting WordBasic Macros to Visual Basic, 07/11/2006, Microsoft Docs Archived https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa211926%28v=office.11%29.aspx ↩