Honestly, a lot of time and effort and having a project to drive you. I've been poking around in Word VBA to help automate processes, but it's taking some time to learn and it's still confusing me at times. Word VBA seems to be quite different than say Excel VBA. This forum and many others are absolutely valuable tools to help in your growth in Word VBA, but don't just ask random questions. Have a plan and a goal and why you need the VBA. I've noticed there isn't one answer in VBA, so maybe find the method that works for you and stick with it. Thru time and effort you might be able to pick up different ways to do the same thing.

Finally, use the macro recorder to explore what is happening. It may code somewhat inefficiently;, but it works. Thru time you will begin to see how you can clean-up what the macro recorder spits out.

Below are a few resources that might help.

Microsoft Word VBA Macro Programming - Introduction | Udemy

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/I...ncecheckbookA/

Microsoft Word MVP FAQ

Microsoft Word FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - Help with Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Help, Tips and Tutorials @ The Anchorage

Graham Mayor - Word Pages

Hopefully some of this helps.