Customizing Word 98 with Visual Basic

Ok, you’ve spent the extra bucks and purchased that large monitor. Now, wouldn’t it be nice to use that entire screen in Word 98 for Mac without having to drag the windows to size every time you open a document? There is an easy way to do just that by using Word 98's built-in programming language, Visual Basic.

The Visual Basic programming language is a very powerful tool for customizing Word 98 or for saving you vast amounts of time doing repetitive tasks. The macros below make up just few samples of what you can do:

Maximizing a window will require you to create four (4) macros. The four (4) macros will allow Word 98 to both open and fill the screen – no matter how many toolbars are active. These macros will first check the resolution setting of the Macintosh system and will then adjust the Window accordingly. To make your life easier, the text between the Sub "Macro Name" & "End Sub" can be copied and pasted in from this article.

Start by copying and pasting this text according to the steps below. You will create 4 macros: AutoExec, FileNew, FileOpen, and MadMax:

Naming the macro AutoExec will cause the Macro "MadMax" to run after a specified time when Word is started.