Word 97—Programmability

Easy Migration from WordBasic to VBA

Migration of existing WordBasic macros was a key goal for Word 97. Word seamlessly migrates macros created in previous versions of Word to VBA code.

Backward Compatibility

When opening a template containing WordBasic macros created with previous versions of Word, Word automatically converts all such macros into Visual Basic. So, all your existing macros will work when you load your templates into Word 97.

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