1) where can I learn about word macros (ideally free and online)
2)I attempted to put a check box in word.  I took it out of design mode
saved and closed the document.  When I reopen the document, the check box is
in design mode.  What is up with that?

I have a userform that populates a ComboBox from a spreadsheet using DAO.  
The datasource has 3 columns of information.  
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
   Dim db As DAO.Database

A job I frequently need to do is to change a particular Japanese
character, ℃, which is a degree sign plus a C, into a Western style
degree sign plus a C, as in °C. In Word, it is easy for me to find and
replace the character. However, after I have done that, I am left with

I've recently had a discussion in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
(e.g.):
http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.word.docmanagement/browse_frm/thr
ead/2fb4bf4f066371c8/
That discussion simply leads to

I am trying to build a list of ContentControls in a document by unique
Titles.  That is if there are two or more CCs with the same title I only
want to list it once.  I am using a Collection and the key method to ensure
the CCs title is only added one time.  Then I am stepping ...

In an attempt to automate the conversion of document headers, I have been
stumped by the Add method of the Fields collection continually overwriting
the first field rather than adding additional fields.
ActiveDocument.Fields.Add _

I had a problem where I was placing a custom menu in Word which opens
documents based on templates.  Jay Freedman was super, and really helped me
on it, however it's still giving me problems, so I think I must have
explained what I wanted to do wrongly.

I was hoping someone could help me with this issue.
I wish to create a userform which reads a "sourcedoc" which has a single
column table in it.  The table in the source doc will have multiple rows in
it with single line descriptions.  I would like the userform to detect the

I want to create tables via vba code with a header row, and then every
other data row will feature different shading.
I can write a function that walks through the table and does that, but
is there any way to set the shading properties in the table to make it

Can anyone help me with some VB code to allow a column in a Word table to
automatically change the background colour depending on which of three
letters are entered in each cell. i.e when R is entered the background
changes to red, when A is entered changes to gold, and when G is ...

Some things I've read in passing have lead me to believe that it's better to
use book marks over mail merge to replace data programmatically. I'm all for
this since I find mail merge incredibly annoying.
My real goal though is just to be able to replace about 20 variable fields

Where can I find a listing of values for the Word Enumerated Constants for
Word XP, and 2000.
We're having a problem where we cut and paste from a Word 2000 document into
a Word XP document and get odd results.  While the text does come over, from

I want to have a standard word document, which fills itself with data from
the database, based on an order number.  I then want to call this document
from either Outlook, or Excel, passing in a parameter of the order number.
Currently I have all the code in Outlook to populate the ...

How can I tell if a Microsoft Word Document was created/saved using
2000, XP, or 2003?

I'm new here and I desperatly need help. With the following function I
try to see a a device:
Public Function PortTest(COMPortNummer As Integer) As Boolean
 MSComm1.CommPort = COMPortNummer