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Welcome to the MouseTrax TechPage
Over the years, the articles below were written by Greg and/or Dian Chapman as part of this original site or for other publications.
But don't miss checking out the many more tutorials and free training videos, in our ezine (online magazine), TechTrax.
The Microsoft's Crabby Office Lady recognized MouseTrax, TechTrax and Dian and Greg. Click HERE to read the article...specifically note the WORD listing!
A Glimpse at New Office 2007 Features Via Word
Get a look at the new version of Microsoft Office.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
How To: Get Help
End the frustration by using online resources, such as the free Microsoft Newsgroups, to help solve problems.
(And be sure to see our Resources page for additional support options.)
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Maintaining Your Computer
Learn how to properly maintain your computer to help avoid many errors.
by: Dian Chapman
Bit Bucket: Just How Many Cables Do I Need?
The number of cables does not indicate computer quality.
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Coming to a HotSpot Near You! Things to Know in the WiFi World
The ins and outs of WiFi for users and business owners.
by Greg Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
How To Make Outlook 2002 Play Nice (at Freelists)
Are your emails plagued with renegade characters like "=3D" and the like? This article will explain the problem and show you how to fix it.
by Greg Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) All 'Bout Computers Ezine]
DSL...Well it's Not Heaven Yet
Learn some of the issues about moving to high-speed access.
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Please Forward This to Everyone You Know
Learn why it's important to become a responsible Internet user.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Bit Bucket: E-mail Jargon
Find out what's all this <g> (grinning) about in your Email?
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Get Up and Running in Microsoft Vista
Learn a few Microsoft Vista tips to organize your new computing environment.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Clean Up the Neighborhood
Map shared resources to avoid seeing outdated shared folders.
by Greg Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
What’s a WSH?
Learn the basics to get you started using the Windows Scripting Host.
(And be sure to look up all Greg's scripting articles in the TechTrax archives!)
by Greg Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) All 'Bout Computers Ezine]
File Management Tricks in Windows Explorer
End drag and drop confusion and use the Send To feature
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Step-by-Step: Nothin' Up My Sleeves
Learn to become more productive with shortcut keys.
(And be sure to search shortcuts in the TechTrax archives, for additional articles on time saving shortcuts!)
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Step-by-Step: No Eating Paste!
Learn to master the cut/paste feature.
(And be sure to search paste in the TechTrax archives,
for additional articles on the Paste Special feature!)
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Word Automated Forms & Beginning VBA
If you've showed up here, you're looking for help creating form in Word using form fields, VBA and/or ActiveX controls. Yes, you can learn a lot here. If you're a newbie to the process...I'd suggest you start with these first 4 articles. If you want to see how to connect to a database with Word, check out the 5th article. If you want to learn forms quickly and efficiently, check out my forms course here. And if you need further help, jump into my free Word VBA/Autoform support group, here. The majority of the rest of the articles in this section cover a variety of additional forms/automation tutorials, such as creating tests, repeating info, exporting data, and so forth. Finally, articles at the end of this group are higher level VBA tutorials for paid members only. Have fun learning!
Please Fill Out This Form
Part 1: Beginner lesson...start from scratch learning how to create professional looking forms in Word.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Please Fill Out This Form
Part 2: Learn to automate your Word forms with a little simple VBA code.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Please Fill Out This Form
Part 3: Learn more VBA (macros) to automate your forms further.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Please Fill Out This Form
Part 4: Learn how to use dialog boxes to further enhance your Word forms.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Please Fill Out This Form
Part 5: Connect your AutoForm to a database to save input time and keep better records!
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
DOWNLOAD: Source Code and Sample Form/Database from above article
Word AutoForms & Beginning VBA Video Course!
Dian has taken her popular AutoForms & Beginning VBA training course and enhanced it. Not only does it contain more information and more tips and tricks for creating AutoForms and learning VBA, but this new video format make it much easier to learn! Sit back and let Dian show you how it's done—Dian becomes your private tutor! Get more details here and view free video lessons from the course here.
by Dian Chapman
Word_VBA Support Group
Come join the thousands of users who are doing what you are doing...working with Word VBA and created automated forms and documents. Many of the support members in this group are Dian's former students who now help others learn, as well as top VBA professionals. If you'd like to be a part of this Word VBA user group, where you can get help with code, share ideas, and learn, click here.
Note! To find more free tech groups to get the help you need, see my Resources page.
Making One Checkbox Check Other Checkboxes
Sometime when a person checks a box in a form, you may want other check boxes to also be checked. This article shows you how to write that code.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
VB Editor User Form Tips (video lesson)
This video tutorial shows you some of my favorite tricks to speed up your productivity when working with VBA code in the VB editor.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Automate Header and Footer Field Updating
You can add a little code to a document that will cause the information in a header or footer to automatically update when a user enter or changes other info in the file.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
A Form for Future Math Majors
Create an automated form to help your little ones practice their math skills.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Create a Fill-in Form in Word
Learn how to create a fill-in form with lines to indicate where to enter data.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Exporting Word Form Data
Now that you've learned how to create cool forms, see how easily you can export out the form field data to import it into a database or spreadsheet for analysis.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Adding/Removing Stationery Logos Thru Automation
Learn how to add a menu option that allows your users to add/remove logos from your letterhead. A quick solution to printing master letters or printing directly to preprinted letterhead.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Pass Repeated Information in a Word Document
Learn different ways to pass information throughout documents. It was be as simple as bookmarking one piece of text and using a REF field to pass that to other locations...or enhance the process with a little, simple VBA code to request info from the user and pass it through your document.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Automating Watermarks, Part Deux
In this second part article, I take my Computor Companion Watermark article a step further by adding VBA automation to the process. See how to create a custom dialog box to allow users to make decisions.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Trigger Your Word Docs
Learn ways to add minimal automation to your docs that allow you to provide a means for users to get more information from your docs without excess clutter. Use ActiveX commands or macro buttons to give your users a little added assistance.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) All 'Bout Computers Ezine]
Creating Test Forms in Word
This TechTrax article will provide you with the details for designing and coding a Word form that you can use when you need to present choices to users. Additional code will show you how to also score their answers, if necessary. Great way to automate tests for computer instructors!
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Sharing Macros
Learn how to organize and share your code (macro) work with others...or figure out what to do with that cryptic code someone gave you so you can make it work.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Fun with VBA and Training Your Office Assistant
If you've never written any VBA code, have fun playing around with it to see what it can do!
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) All 'Bout Computers Ezine]
Letter Wizard
Part I: Learn how to create a form letter using the Letter Wizard.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Instant Envelopes Using the MACROBUTTON Field and VBA
Part II: Learn to write some VBA code to instantly capture/print envelopes.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Enhancing the MacroButton Field
Part III: Learn how to enhance the macrobutton with an image and single click.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Creating Custom Dialog Boxes
Learn how to create custom dialog boxes.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Adding Hyperlinks to Locked Forms in MS Word
Use the macro button field to add hyperlinks in your AutoForms.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) All 'Bout Computers Ezine]
Creating an Automated Fax Form in MS Word
Design an online fax form using Word's form features.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) All 'Bout Computers Ezine]
AutoForm Code Snippets
A ongoing selection of VBA code problems/solutions, inspired by readers of the above articles. A great place to get ideas to enhance your forms.
by Dian Chapman
Automated Forms (and Macros)...Learn to Create Them
This original article walks you through the process of creating automated documents.
Click here for Automated Forms using WordBasic (Word 6 & 95)
Click here for Automated Forms using VBA (Word 97 & 2000)
by: Dian Chapman and Greg Chapman
A Touch of Class—Creating Classes in VBA (member's article)
David Horowitz explores VBA Classes - what they are, how to use them, using Class Methods (Subs and Functions), and the Class_Initialize and Class_Terminate event handlers.
by David Horowitz
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Creating a Macro to Log Doc Names (member's article)
Create code that will allow you to insert file info into a doc with just a click.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
VBA: Passing Info to Word Docs (member's video)
Learn how to gather information that you can then pass into Word documents.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
VBA: Inserting Information into a Document (member's video)
Learn how to create an automated document that allows users to insert information into a document, without using form fields.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
DropDowns: Capturing and Using Information (member's video)
Dian Chapman shows you two methods to create dropdowns to allow users to select a choice and have that information inserted into the document. Learn how to code form fields and custom dialog boxes with dropdowns. Includes code file.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Creating a Dialog Box with Tabs (member's video)
Dian Chapman shows you how to use the Multi-page control to create sophisticated dialog boxes. A great option for collecting lots of data. If you're following Dian's Word/Database Connectivity course, this is one you won't want to miss!
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Word DB Connectivity, Introduction (member's video)
Part I: Dian Chapman begins a series to show you how to connect Word forms to databases.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Word DB Connectivity...Planning Your Attack (member's video)
Part II: In this video lesson, we move to lesson 2. Here Dian Chapman shares her years of Word DB Connectivity experience with you when it comes to planning your project and considering things *before* you shoot yourself in the foot. We start our DB and our Form.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Customize Word 2007 Document Themes
Use Word's document themes to change the look of your document with just one click.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Use Word Bookmarks
Bookmarks are great little tools with a surprising number of uses. Learn how to use them and some tricks for using them better.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Word - Section by Section
Learn to master sections in Word with this article. Bonus! Get a great macro to enhance Word. It allows you to more easily work with complex docs with multiple sections.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Understanding Word's Headers and Footers
Learn a few handy header and footer tricks to enhance your documents.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Note! Don't miss my additional TechTrax free subscriber training videos related to Header and Footer issues...
Word Header and Footer Tips
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=586Dealing with Page Numbering, Part I
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=620Dealing with Page Numbering, Part II
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=660
Fixing Word Table Madness
Discover how easy it can be to correct common table issues in Word.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Creating Your Own Letterhead
Learn how to use Microsoft Word to create your own letterhead.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
They're So Special
Learn how to access special font characters to use in your documents.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Understanding Frames and Anchors in Word
Why do pictures jump around your page? How can you better control your layout so textboxes and other graphics don't move around? Learn to master frames and use anchors properly.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine]
Create a Newsletter in Word
Word may not be the best layout program, but you can use it to create a newsletter.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Automate Word Watermarks
Create watermarks, save them as autotext and then record macros to allow you to add the appropriate watermarks to a page with click.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Use AutoText to Create a Text Library
Categorize AutoText and use fields to make instant documents.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Add AutoShapes in Word
Make your Word documents more interesting with AutoShapes.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Faster Formatting in Word
Keep the boss off your back by learning these formatting tips.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Little-Known Word Keyboard Tricks
Save time in Word by using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Get Organized Now!
Do you have a bunch of files you'd like quickly accessed? Organize family photos, music files, computer tips, or project documents? This article shows you how to use Word's hyperlink feature to set up a quick access document to find your files.
Bonus!
Download
This free File Cataloger utility will get you rolling by automatically linking files for you, as described in the above article.
by Dian Chapman (article) and Greg Chapman (utility)
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]Additional Article!
This second article on File Cataloger explains how to customize the resulting linking document further, for use as a support or code library.
Using File Cataloger for Code and Support Libraries
Customized Toolbars and Menus
Learn to create custom toolbars and menus in Word.
by Dian Chapman
Find Word's Buried Treasures
Learn some rarely documented features. Also be sure to check out Word Tips 101 and Word Tips 102, which details even more cool Word tricks.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Bonus!
Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook!
Download your free copy of the MouseTrax Word Tips & Tricks eBook, which includes dozens of tips for using Word.
Get Started Using Styles
Learn how easy it is to make your docs look more professional, as well as saving time when it comes to modifying documents!
by: Dian Chapman
Compiling SubDocs (TOC & Index)
This page will explain the process of how to pull together your sub docs so you can compile a Table of Contents (TOC) and/or Index without a pound of aspirins!
by: Dian Chapman, with technical assistance from Susan Daffron
Field Link Converter (a macro)
If you've ever had to search out a field code to edit its links, now this chore is an automated breeze!
by: Dian Chapman
Word Tips 101
A list of cool, rarely documented tips to help speed your production when using Microsoft Word.
by: Dian Chapman
Word Tips 102
Another list of more cool, rarely documented tips to help speed your production when using Microsoft Word.
by: Dian Chapman
Creating a Break Time Presentation in PowerPoint
When you have to conduct any type of training class or presentation, be sure to have a break time presentation on hand to make you look more professional and give your session the edge it needs! Learn how to create one by reading this article.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) TechTrax Ezine
and Copyright (c) Indezine]
Manage Your Life in Outlook
A review of all the things you can do with Outlook, along with a few favorite features.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Create Flash Cards in Word
After mom's stroke, I quickly created flash cards to help her remember the members of her family. It worked great and the therapists were impressed. This simply process can be used for helping kids learn or even for cramming for your own tests.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Create a Photo Album in Word
Use Word to create photo presentations people love.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Spring Cleaning
Cleaning up the digital pig sty known as your hard disk.
by Dian Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Edit Digital Photos
Learn to edit photos to make them easier to work with.
by Dian Chapman
[Additional Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
A Labor of Love
Create a personalized photo calendar your family will love.
by Dian Chapman
Set Up a Home Network, Part 1
Setting up the network hardware and running cables.
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Set up a Home Network, Part 2
Make Windows set up your network the way you want.
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Set Up a Home Network, Part 3
How to share files and printers on your network.
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
Set Up a Home Network, Part 4
Set up Internet-connection-sharing software and firewalls.
by Greg Chapman
[Copyright (c) Logical Expressions, Inc.]
