WordBASIC


WordBASIC was a subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word-processing. It was replaced by Visual Basic for Applications when Word 97 was released. Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not object-oriented but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands.

Example code

The following code snippets show the difference between WordBasic and VBA with a "Hello, World!" example:
WordBasic:

Sub MAIN
FormatFont.Name = "Arial",.Points = 10
Insert "Hello, World!"
End Sub

VBA:

Public Sub Main
With Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 10
End With
Selection.TypeText Text:="Hello, World!"
End Sub