VBA Help File

[Greg Maxey]

Does anyone no if it is possible to open the VBA Help File from
Word2003 as a stand alone file? I find the new format of the VBA help
in Word2007 practically worthless. It contains very few examples, and
the very helpful "See also" feature is gone.

Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Greg,

Yes, you can open the Word 2003 files in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\1033 folder (for an English installation). You'll need both
VBAWD10.CHM (Word objects) and VBAOF11.CHM (Office objects) to cover
everything.

If you're online, you can get the same topics from MSDN, starting at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa167879(office.11).aspx.

Of course, neither of these will cover the new objects, methods, and
properties in Office 12. If you use the online connection to VBA help in
Word 2007 and you see something wrong or incomplete, there's a place at the
bottom of each topic to send your feedback. The online help will be updated
periodically, so it should get better with time.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Greg Maxey]

Jay,

Thanks! Do you know if there is a way to link both of these files together
in some way similar to how they are interlaced when you would press the F1
key with a method or property selected in the VB editor?

Yes, I have sent numerous feedbacks on the VBA Help in Office12. I agree
that feedback should result in improvements over time, but I have a hard
time understanding why they made such a dog's breakfast of it in the first
place. The "See also" is a very helpful feature in the old help (it's
gone). Some of the help explanations are useless (for me anyway) with
seeing a working example (most of those are gone)..

 

[Jay Freedman]

As far as I can tell, if you're running the CHM files stand-alone, you don't
get any interaction between them -- that's provided by the VBA editor. It's
far from an ideal way to use it, but you're right that it's better than the
stuff they put together for 2007.