Thanks, Suzanne. The article mentioned autoopen and autonew but did not say
these are the names you give to the macros you create in the editor. I have
now done so thanks to you.
I have just come away from a research committee where we were much exercised
by the lack of use of plain English in documentation. A moment's thought
would tell the author of the article to which Graham refers that it does not
explain what it sets out to explain to an idiot. What didn't the author
simply run his draft past an idiot, or a few idiots. I recall the
instructions I struggled with in the case of Norton Ghost, where to me they
were literally incomprehensible. The guy who wrote them would no doubt be
offended by that, and express surprise that anyone should think that. He
understands and he has expressed his understanding. What he did not do is
express it in the language of the ordinary person who does not understand.
That after all is the purpose of instructions.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
AFAIK, the Visual Basic Editor has not changed for Word 2007. It seems to
me
that Graham's instructions are very clear. You have already managed to
create your macro and get to the VBE, where I'm assuming you're seeing
this:
Sub Wings()
'
' Wings Macro
' Macro created date by user
'
End Sub
You paste the VBA code you were given above End Sub, then click the Save
button on the VBE toolbar. You don't have to choose where to save it, as
Word already knows this (the module already exists, is already saved).
But this really won't help you much because Wings is not the correct name
of
the macro; you need to create (or edit) a macro named AutoNew and one
called
AutoRun. If you didn't find this information in Graham's article, then you
did not read all of it because there is a section toward the end titled
"Auto... macros" that gives illustrations of several macros similar to the
one you're trying to create.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Xylophone" wrote in message
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I can't make head nor tail of the alleged 'idiot's guide. Much of it
does
not appear in my use of Word, so I have to guess. That takes me so far.
I
create a 'Wings' macro. This takes me into MS Virtual Basic with some
lines
already there. Then I paste the line supplied in the email over those
lines. This leaves me with the the line, and only that. Then what? I
can't save the line, as I don't know where it would be saved to, if
anywhere. As for auto entries, I can't see any or any links to or
anything
to do with auto entries. So how do I get the line into an auto entry,
etc.
as advised.
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Okay, let's back up. I agree that it would not have been possible to
know
that the http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm
article
applies to Word 2003. It was written for (IIRC) Word 2000 and has not
been
updated recently, but the principles in it apply to all versions of
Word
(even, I suppose, Word 2007, even though it doesn't have "menus" per
se).
As for the "Idiot's Guide," it is not about *creating* macros but
about
how
to *install* a macro you have been given, which is your situation.
Read
it
carefully; it's just telling you where to paste the VBA you've been
handed.
There is another article on the same subject at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm, but I think
Graham's
article is clearer (though certainly not as concise). If you gave up
too
early on Graham's article, you may not have reached the "Auto...
macros"
section toward the end, which explains how to create the AutoNew and
AutoOpen macros he suggests creating.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Xylophone" wrote in message
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Suzanne,
Many thanks. It will be frustrating for you guys. I respect and
admire
what you do. I am not some geek, biting my nails in the corner. I
would
have not have known from reading it that the registry article
applies
to
Word 2003. I shall now follow it to the letter. As for the
idiot's
guide
to macros, this tells you how to create a macro. Great. What it
doesn't
tell you is what to put in the macro (kindly been provided in my
case).
Hence my aversion to macros: in the absence of such assistance (and
where
else might I might find that?), they are totally useless to me. The
same
applies to DOS. Many's the time I have been pilloried for not
understanding
DOS, yet I have never ever found any document that explains it in
ordinary
language, so how am I expected to understand it? There was a little
bit
about it in a Windows Manual I got many years ago. Perhaps the
truth
is
that you either 'get' these things or you don't. I have 4 degrees
and
am
a
successful person. But I tend to be literal minded, so that things
of
a
technical nature usually have to spelled out to me. There we go.
Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
The link that Stefan gave applies to all versions (with
appropriate
modification of the version number in the Registry key name), and
Graham
provides complete instructions on how to use his macro in the
article
he
referred to.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Xylophone" wrote in message
...
Stefan, your link makes no specific reference to Word 2003, and
Graham,
macros are a no-go area for me: incomprehensible, I'm afraid.
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Word 2003 particularly has an irriatting habit of randomly
losing
some
settings from Tools Options. The easiest workaround is to
force
the
settings you want in auto macros.
In this case, add the line
Options.AllowClickAndTypeMouse = False
to both an autoopen and an autonew macro in the normal
template.
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Xylophone wrote:
I use Word 2003 on a XP machine. Every time I open a new
Word
doc,
I
get 'wings' attached to the cursor which drives me mad. I
can
get
rid of them by going into Options/Edit and unclicking Click
and
Type.
But they come back when I open the next new doc, when Click
and
Type
is ticked again. How can I get unclicking Click and Type to
stick,
so that this problem is solved permanently? I imagine a
registry
adjustment would do the trick. Thanks.