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Word 97/2000 Macros

Overview / who should attend and why?

The objective of the programme is to broaden users’ knowledge of Word, in particular automating operations using macros, aiming to broaden their knowledge of the program with a specific focus on macros.

Experience in working with Word is required. In particular, you should be able to:

• Start and exit from Word
• Create, save and print a document
• Perform basic editing operations, such as inserting, deleting, moving and copying text
• Perform basic formatting operations, such as applying attributes and a new font/font size to text, resetting margins, tab stops, line spacing and text alignment in a document
• Create and format a Word table

Course Objectives

After participating in this programme, you will be able to:

• Record and run simple macros
• Record special-purpose macros
• Write your own macros
• Create macros that perform variable operations, depending on user input
• Create and store a macro in a user-defined template
• Create your own macros toolbar and menu
• Display Visual Basic help information

Course Content

 Recording simple macros

• What is a macro?
• Recording a text macro
• Running a macro
• Recording a command macro
• Saving a macro

Recording special-purpose macros/revising macros instructions

• Recording a macro to set up a custom document layout
• Recording a macro to set up a Word table
• Displaying macro instructions
• Editing macro instructions
• Copying macro instructions

Using Visual Basic to write macros

• Creating a new procedure in the Visual Basic editor
• Writing a simple macro

Creating interactive macros

• Displaying a data prompt during macro execution
• Using a conditional statement in a macro
• Using a control loop in a macro
• Additional control statements

Creating custom template macros

• Creating a new template
• Creating an autonew macro

Creating a macros toolbar

• Creating a new toolbar
• Adding a macro button to a toolbar

Creating a macros menu

• Creating a new menu
• Adding a macro item to a menu

Using the Visual Basic help system

• Displaying Visual Basic help information

Costs / Duration and Location

• The cost of this training course is £275 + VAT
• The duration is one day 9:00 till 16:00
• Location will be determined by requests