Creating a Document Management System in Word

Recognizing VBA

The first step to creating this Document Management System (DMS) is to recognize the VBE Window screen, which is accessed by pressing ALT+F11 with Word open. Keep in mind that this will not teach you to be programmers, just how to maintain the DMS System.

Each VBA Project (or file) you have open is visible in the top right screen. The bottom left screen is the Properties Window showing the properties of the object selected in the Projects Window. These two windows can be accessed by clicking the “View” menu.

Basically the UserFormDMS form is a multi-tab form with an OKAY button at the bottom used to open the selected form/template. The Cancel button merely closes the form.

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