ISTC Communicator Magazine Articles
I have been a paid-up member of the ISTC (Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators) for a few years now, so I’m allowed to display this banner 🙂
Back in 2015, I was asked by the features editor (Katherine Judge) of the Communicator (ISTC’s magazine, issued quarterly to all ISTC members) if I’d like to contribute some articles on the basic steps to coding in Visual Basic for Applications. The series has grown and grown since then.
The articles start out using the standard ISTC template and then (happily) go through the wringer via Katherine, who has the hard job of making my work look so much better with her edits.
The table below shows all of the articles that I’ve written for the magazine – so far. All are stored as standard PDF files as supplied by the magazine and include the relevant issue’s front cover.
My ISTC Articles
| Article | What's covered |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A simple introduction to macro recording and the first steps towards VBA coding. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 2 | The use of variables, their types and uses within VBA. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 3 | Basic condition testing using IF .. THEN .. ELSE and SELECT .. CASE. It shows how to code the appropriate reaction to the value of a variable: user-defined or Word's internal variables. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 4 | The various forms of loops available in VBA (Part 1). The fourth article covers just FOR .. NEXT loops. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 5 | The various forms of loops available in VBA (Part 2). This covered the other types of VBA loop. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 6 | Creation of simple functions and subroutines. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 7 | The ways in which VBA can make changes to your document's content. | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 8 | Code optimisation techniques | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 9 | Word's Quick Access Toolbar | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 10 | Creating user forms (Part 1) | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 11 | Creating user forms (Part 2) | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 12 | Creating user forms (Part 3) | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 13a | Creating user forms (Part 4) | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
| 13b | Macros: A brief history of time (saving) | Website Download | Dropbox download | GoogleDrive download |
Note: If you have a Dropbox or GoogleDrive account, then use the appropriate links above to copy / sync the articles with your appropriate cloud account. Or just use the normal website download links.