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How and where are macros stored?
This is a two-part question:
1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot? 2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. Regards, Rob Parkinson |
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How and where are macros stored?
Unless you specifically stored them elsewhere, they're in the NewMacros
module in Normal.dot. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Rob Parkinson" wrote in message news This is a two-part question: 1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot? 2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. Regards, Rob Parkinson |
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How and where are macros stored?
1) Unless you specified some other location when you recorded or wrote
the macros, then they are in normal.dot. You can take your present normal.dot to the new organization, or you can use the Organizer to copy them to a separate template and take that. To open the Organizer, go to Tools Templates and Add-Ins, and click the button at the bottom of the dialog. 2) Although macros *can* be stored in documents, it's usually a Really Bad Idea (tm). Tinkering with other users' normal.dot templates is also not recommended. You can use the Organizer to copy or move the macros from your normal.dot to a new template, which you can then send to your colleagues. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm. You should also read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:11:01 -0700, Rob Parkinson wrote: This is a two-part question: 1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot? 2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. Regards, Rob Parkinson |
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How and where are macros stored?
Jay, Suzanne:
Many thanks for taking the time to reply. I appreciate your help. Regards, Rob Parkinson "Jay Freedman" wrote: 1) Unless you specified some other location when you recorded or wrote the macros, then they are in normal.dot. You can take your present normal.dot to the new organization, or you can use the Organizer to copy them to a separate template and take that. To open the Organizer, go to Tools Templates and Add-Ins, and click the button at the bottom of the dialog. 2) Although macros *can* be stored in documents, it's usually a Really Bad Idea (tm). Tinkering with other users' normal.dot templates is also not recommended. You can use the Organizer to copy or move the macros from your normal.dot to a new template, which you can then send to your colleagues. See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm. You should also read http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:11:01 -0700, Rob Parkinson wrote: This is a two-part question: 1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot? 2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. Regards, Rob Parkinson |
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How and where are macros stored?
See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Rob Parkinson" wrote in message news This is a two-part question: 1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot? 2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this. Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated. Regards, Rob Parkinson |