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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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The way the MS website works, you don't get macros with templates that you
download from it, AFAIK.

If you have a document or a template in your user templates folder (as set
in Tools Options File Locations) when you do File Open you can use
it
as the basis for a new document. (On Word 2002 or later you need to get to
the templates on your computer through the task pane, as well. For more on
the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and
locations
of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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"Kathryn" wrote in message
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It is a document template. I stored it in the User Templates folder
(where
normal.dot is) but Word does not see it there. It is a .dot file that I
downloaded from Microsoft's website. Word does not see it therefore I
cannot
open or run it in Word. However, I can go to the directory and double
click
on it and will open Word then run.

After I run (open) it this way, I can open the VBA editor but there is
nothing there but the toolbars. The template is not there and I don't
see
a
way to open the template. Therefore, I can't cut and paste into
normal.dot.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

How you handle this depends on whether the template is intended to be a
document template or a global template. If it is a document template
and
you
have stored it in the User Templates folder, then you should be able to
create new documents based on the template, and the macro will be
available
to those documents.

If it is intended to be global (the macro should be available to all
documents), then you need to put the downloaded template in your
Startup
folder. Both this and the previous suggestion depend on the file being
an
actual Word template (.dot file).

Alternatively, you can open the template itself, then open the VBA
Editor,
copy the macro, and paste it into a module in Normal.dot.

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"Kathryn" wrote in message
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No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I
can
not
find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my
computer
but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the
directory
that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not
see
it
so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I
can
open/run it as a template?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros
module
in
Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new
module
or
project.

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"Kathryn" wrote in message
...
So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then
because
on
my
old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which
means
I
can't use them.

I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how
to
put
that
downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it
to
where
word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not
show
up.
The
only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I
made.

I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that
explains
this
in
layman's terms.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot
are
saved
in
NewMacros.

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"Kathryn" wrote in message
...
When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word
user's
group.
I
stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there
not a
simple
way
to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it
needs
to
be on
the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other
files.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Hi Suzanne,

My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are
currently
stored
in
an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational
macros
that
don't
show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template
needs
to
be
moved
from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new
computer.
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http://addbalance.com/word

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version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is
awesome!

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified
for
"User
templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options.

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"Kathryn" wrote in
message

...
I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new
computer
running
Word
2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to
move
to
the
new
computer. I have already looked through old messages
and
have
looked
at
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm
but
still
cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new
computer.
When I
open
Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it
should
according
to
the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't
show
my
macros;
using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet
they
are
there
and
run when I use them.

I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the
new
computer
but I
put
it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates
but
it
does
not
see
it there.

Any help?