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VBA to return in next version of Microsoft Office; SP1 released

by Mat Lu (May 13th, 2008)

Macworld UK is reporting that Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac saw record sales since its release, becoming the best selling version ever. Of particular interest, however, is that Microsoft has announced the next version of Office will return Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to the Mac platform. ...

MacTech re-releases VBA to AppleScript Transition Guide

by Dave Caolo (Mar 28th, 2008)

As someone who spent months hand-crafting Visual Basic scripts in Microsoft Office, only to have Microsoft pull the rug out from under me with the release of Office 2008 (they abandoned VB support for the Mac. Grrr.), I'm very grateful to MacTech magazine and longtime AppleScript guru Paul ...

MacTech VBA to AppleScript Guide free online

by Mat Lu (May 3rd, 2007)

We've mentioned before Microsoft's controversial decision to end support for Visual Basic (VBA) scripting in the forthcoming Office 2008 and replace it with AppleScript. While normally moving to an Apple standard technology over a closed Microsoft solution is a good thing, this move will have major ...

No Visual Basic in Office 2008? No thanks.

by Dave Caolo (Feb 21st, 2007)

MacWindows.com recently polled readers on their willingness to upgrade to Office 2008 for Mac, which will not include Visual Basic for macros and automation (as noted on this MacBU developer blog). Several readers said they won't upgrade to 2008 because they depend on VB cross-platform support. ...

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