Chapter 3 WordBasic Fundamentals

This chapter introduces the fundamental elements of WordBasic that you need to write macros or add to macros you record. The building blocks WordBasic provides are simple, but you can use them to produce macros that perform almost any word-processing task.

In this chapter:

• A simple macro
• Statements and functions
• Strings and numbers
• Variables
• Expressions
• Conditionals and loops
• Displaying messages and requesting information
• Common WordBasic techniques
• Some sample macros