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Excel Object Model: Application.wait

Application.wait can be used to wait (other programming languages call it sleep) until a specific time is reached.
sub main()

    msgBox "I am going to sleep for 3 seconds"
    application.wait now + timeValue("0:00:03")
    msgBox "finished."

end sub
Github repository about-MS-Office-object-model, path: /Excel/Application/wait.bas
Unfortunately, application.wait is not available in Word's application object.

See also

application.onTime allows to schedule the execution of a procedure.
The WinAPI function Sleep.
The application object.

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