Change the default script language - Help and How-to

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Change the default script language

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003

On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Microsoft Script Editor.
In the Properties window, change the value of the defaultClientScript property to the script language you want, either VBScript for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript): A subset of the Microsoft Visual Basic programming system. Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later, along with the other Web browsers, can read VBScript programs that are embedded in HTML pages.) or JavaScript for JavaScript (JavaScript: A scripting language that can be used to add functionality to a Web page or a Web site, or to enhance the look of one. JavaScript scripts can run on any type of client or server computer.).