<s>
WordBASIC	B-Language
was	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Language
QuickBASIC	I-Language
customized	O
for	O
word-processing	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
(	O
VBA	B-Language
)	O
when	O
Word	B-Operating_System
97	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrarily	O
to	O
VBA	B-Language
,	O
WordBasic	B-Language
was	O
not	O
object-oriented	B-Language
but	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
flat	O
list	O
of	O
approximately	O
900	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
code	O
snippets	O
show	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
WordBasic	B-Language
and	O
VBA	B-Language
with	O
a	O
"	O
Hello	O
,	O
World	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
WordBasic	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
VBA	B-Language
:	O
</s>
