Hello World
Our first encouter with VBA will be to display the familiar "Hello World" message.
- Choose the "Developer" tab and open the VBA editor. If you don't locate the "Developer" tab, follow this guide. The following window will then open.
- To write our first macro, choose "Insert" -> "Module".
- First, we will make a Sub procedure. All Sub procedures have to begin with Sub and end with End Sub. A Sub can not return a value, and may be compared with a program in other programming languages, where as a function is an alternative. We then call the MsgBox function to create a new window displaying our message.
Let's now try to run our macro. One way to do this is by clicking the play button.
- Another way to run our macro is by inserting a field into our document. If you are unfamiliar to fields in Word, take a minute to read more about them at Tutorials on Word before continuing. Go to the Insert tab, and insert a field as shown below.
- Choose the field MacroButton and the macro you just made, in this case HelloWorld. Remember to enter a field name before clicking OK.
- To test our macro, doubleclick on the field created.
- Congratulations, you have just made your first macro in Word!