WordBASIC explained

WordBASIC was a subset of Microsoft QuickBASIC customized for word-processing in Microsoft Word. It was replaced by Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) when Word 97 was released.^[1] Contrarily to VBA, WordBasic was not object-oriented but consisted of a flat list of approximately 900 commands.^[2]

Example code

The following code snippets show the difference between WordBasic and VBA with a "Hello, World!" example:^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Halvorson . Michael . Kinata . Chris . Microsoft Word 97 Visual Basic Step by Step . 1997 . Microsoft Press . Redmond, WA . 1-57231-388-9.
2. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa211963%28v=office.11%29.aspx Conceptual Differences Between WordBasic and Visual Basic
3. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa211926%28v=office.11%29.aspx Converting WordBasic Macros to Visual Basic