SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, the WordBasic.Input macro
command truncates text if your input text contains a comma. The text is
truncated from the first comma to the end of the input text.
For example, if you input:
the status bar result will be:
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To correct this problem, replace the commas entered on the status bar with
semicolons. If you insert the input text into a document, you can then
replace the semicolons with commas.
NOTE: Beginning in Word 97 for Windows and Word 98 Macintosh Edition, there
is no Visual Basic for Applications equivalent for the Input command as
used in earlier versions of Word. To use this feature in Visual Basic for
Applications, use the WordBasic Property as in the following example:
Sub StausBarInput()
WordBasic.Input a
StatusBar = a
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications