Jay
Tue Feb 13 14:08:22 CST 2007
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.
--
Jay
Greg Maxey wrote:
> 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" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:%23e2z6H5THHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> 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. --
>> Regards,
>> Jay Freedman
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>> Greg Maxey wrote:
>>> 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.