Many Microsoft Word users and VBA programmers don't realize
the extensive opportunities that exist when Word's Object Model
is accessed using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), which
replaced WordBasic in conjunction with the release of Word 97.
By creating what is commonly called a "Word Macro" you can automate
many features available in Word. Writing Word Macros
(previously titled Learning Word Programming is the
introduction to Word VBA that allows you to do these things and
more, including:

• Create custom pop-up menus
  
• Automatically create tables from lists
  
• Append one document to the end (or beginning) of another
  
• Create a toggle switch to change a document from draft to
  final copy by adding or removing a watermark in the header
  
• Generate reports using data from other applications
  
• Use the spell-checking abilities of Word in your own application

Not intended to be an encyclopedia of Word programming, Writing
Word Macros provides Word users, as well as programmers who are
not familiar with the Word object model with a solid introduction
to writing VBA macros and programs. In particular, the book focuses on:

• The Visual Basic Editor and the Word VBA programming environment.
  Word features a complete and very powerful integrated development
  environment for writing, running, testing, and debugging VBA macros.
  
• The VBA programming language (which is the same programming language
  used by Microsoft Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, as well as the
  retail editions of Visual Basic).
  
• The Word object model. Word exposes nearly all of its functionality
  through its object model, which allows Word to be controlled
  programmatically using VBA. While the Word object model, with almost
  200 objects, is the largest among the Office applications, readers
  need be familiar with only a handful of objects. Writing Word
  Macros focuses on these essential objects, but includes a
  discussion of a great many more objects as well.

Writing Word Macros is written in a terse, no-nonsense manner
that is characteristic of Steven Roman's straightforward, practical
approach. Instead of a slow-paced tutorial with a lot of hand-holding,
Roman offers the essential information about Word VBA that you must
master to program effectively. This tutorial is reinforced by interesting
and useful examples that solve practical programming problems, like
generating tables of a particular format, managing shortcut keys,
creating fax cover sheets, and reformatting documents.

Writing Word Macros is the book you need to dive into the
basics of Word VBA programming, enabling you to increase your power
and productivity when using Microsoft Word.