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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Xylophone" wrote in message
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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
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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.