OpenOffice.org Macros Explained - LibreOffice-NA.US

Use to open the Objects catalog (see Figure 12), select a macro and double-click on the macro to edit
that macro.
2.6. Enter the macro
Figure 12. Objects catalog.
Change the text in the IDE to read as shown in Listing 1. Click the run icon.
Listing 1. Hello World macro
REM ***** BASIC *****
Option Explicit
Sub Main
Print "Hello World"
End Sub
Table 2. Line by line description of Listing 1.
Line
REM ***** BASIC *****
Option Explicit
Sub Main
Print "Hello World"
End Sub
Description
Basic comment, this line is ignored. A comment may also begin with a single quote
character.
Tells the basic interpreter that it is an error to use a variable that is not explicitly
defined. Misspelled variables are likely to be caught as an error at compile time.
Indicates that this is the beginning of the definition of a subroutine named Main.
The Print command.
End the Main subroutine.
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