Hi all
When I try and record a macro with only the word document open, my mouse
seems to become disabled.

Once I hit record for a new macro a symbol which looks like an unhappy face
appears next to the mouse pointer. I then cant use the mouse to select,
highlight ect.... but the keyboard functions still work.

I have tried opening new word doccuments and recording a macro but still no
luck.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
Dave

The macro recorder ignores the mouse for actions within the document (you
can still select menu options, etc). For macro-recording purposes you have
to stick to the keyboard. Fortunately, *everything* can be done entirely
with the keyboard.



"Dave Jamieson" Dave wrote in message
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Hi all
When I try and record a macro with only the word document open, my mouse
seems to become disabled.

Once I hit record for a new macro a symbol which looks like an unhappy
face
appears next to the mouse pointer. I then cant use the mouse to select,
highlight ect.... but the keyboard functions still work.

I have tried opening new word doccuments and recording a macro but still
no
luck.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.
Dave

Adding to that, I can still use the mouse to select the menus at the top.
I am asking this because I am trying to select a table. Not knowing the
command for it, autoselect.table probably, I was trying to just record the
mouse movments instead with no luck.

Try Table | Select | Table from the menu.

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"Dave Jamieson" wrote in message
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Adding to that, I can still use the mouse to select the menus at the top.
I am asking this because I am trying to select a table. Not knowing the
command for it, autoselect.table probably, I was trying to just record the
mouse movments instead with no luck.

Thanks for the replys.
Yes, will do it from the menus now then.
But i have done it with the mouse, say selecting A1:C6 area before and it
has been fine. was just confused as to why it stoped working.. :/

It works in Excel. Not in Word.



"Dave Jamieson" wrote in message
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Thanks for the replys.
Yes, will do it from the menus now then.
But i have done it with the mouse, say selecting A1:C6 area before and it
has been fine. was just confused as to why it stoped working.. :/

excel, word. it's all the same!
lol, what a fool i feel like!
and the hours i wasted!!
haha,
many thanks jezebel. you may continue your brilliant work helping out other
word users with their problems now

"Jezebel" wrote:

It works in Excel. Not in Word.



"Dave Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replys.
Yes, will do it from the menus now then.
But i have done it with the mouse, say selecting A1:C6 area before and it
has been fine. was just confused as to why it stoped working.. :/

I have the same problem, mouse do not work in the documnet but "yes
everywhere else". How can I solve it?

"Dave Jamieson" wrote:

excel, word. it's all the same!
lol, what a fool i feel like!
and the hours i wasted!!
haha,
many thanks jezebel. you may continue your brilliant work helping out other
word users with their problems now

"Jezebel" wrote:

It works in Excel. Not in Word.



"Dave Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replys.
Yes, will do it from the menus now then.
But i have done it with the mouse, say selecting A1:C6 area before and it
has been fine. was just confused as to why it stoped working.. :/

You can't. Word macros can only be used with key commands. In my case I got
confused with excel, as you can record mouse movments on tables.

I'm affaraid you're going to have to learn the key functions and record your
macro that way.

"Api" wrote:

I have the same problem, mouse do not work in the documnet but "yes
everywhere else". How can I solve it?

"Dave Jamieson" wrote:

excel, word. it's all the same!
lol, what a fool i feel like!
and the hours i wasted!!
haha,
many thanks jezebel. you may continue your brilliant work helping out other
word users with their problems now

"Jezebel" wrote:

It works in Excel. Not in Word.



"Dave Jamieson" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the replys.
Yes, will do it from the menus now then.
But i have done it with the mouse, say selecting A1:C6 area before and it
has been fine. was just confused as to why it stoped working.. :/