Hello all,

There are a couple VBA books I am considering. I don't want a book that teaches all the basics of programming - I've taken a number of computer classes, one of which was a Visual Basic 6 class. If I need to research basic VB syntax, I have a few books already to reference. I am looking for something that will explain properties, methods, and objects specific to Word mostly, and I am also interested in Outlook, Excel and Access.

Would I be better off purchasing a general VBA book, or would I be better off purchasing something specific to an application?

Some books I'm considering:

VB and VBA in a Nutshell: The Languages
by Paul Lomax

This book received high reviews on Amazon, but what concerns me is that it was published in 1998. Is it still relevant for Office 2003? It doesn't seem to be a beginner programming book either, which is positive.

VBA Developer's Handbook, 2nd Edition
by Ken Getz, Mike Gilbert

This book also received high reviews on Amazon, but it was published in 2001. Again I ask, is it relevant to Office 2003?

Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents
by Scott Driza

This book hasn't been published yet. Does anyone have any information on it?

Word 2003: Vba Programming
by COURSE ILT

This looks like it is only useful in a class environment. anyone have any comments on it?

If anyone has any comments on these or other books, please reply!

And finally, this looks worth looking into:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/gradley/vbatutor/

Thanks!