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Does recording a macro increase the font size?
I created a letterhead at the top of a blank document so that it could be
used for emailing purposes (instead of printing on actual letterhead just create a letter on this and it's ready to email). I widened the left/right margins; changed the top/bottom margins; put the company name within a one row/one column table so that the bottom line is the only line showing; went below that table, changed the size and superscripted the font to put in the address and telephone numbers; put a return; changed the font back to the original size and unchecked the superscript; inserted a continuous page break, and added one more return. Now I've been asked to make it a macro. I'm using the fonts that I used when I just put it on a document but when I'm recording it for the macro the font is enlarged by 3-4 sizes. Why? |
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Does recording a macro increase the font size?
A macro is an inefficient (and chancy) way to accomplish this. It would make
much more sense to store the letterhead as AutoText or in a template. -- 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. "Diane R." wrote in message ... I created a letterhead at the top of a blank document so that it could be used for emailing purposes (instead of printing on actual letterhead just create a letter on this and it's ready to email). I widened the left/right margins; changed the top/bottom margins; put the company name within a one row/one column table so that the bottom line is the only line showing; went below that table, changed the size and superscripted the font to put in the address and telephone numbers; put a return; changed the font back to the original size and unchecked the superscript; inserted a continuous page break, and added one more return. Now I've been asked to make it a macro. I'm using the fonts that I used when I just put it on a document but when I'm recording it for the macro the font is enlarged by 3-4 sizes. Why? |
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Does recording a macro increase the font size?
I do not know how to make a template. I've asked Meredith College if they
have an adult course but they do not have one as of yet. I've been making things as forms (which has a couple of drawbacks) because of not knowing how to make a template. I've put a few things in Auto Text but how would I get a 5 line, different size fonts, and superscripts recorded in Auto Text? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A macro is an inefficient (and chancy) way to accomplish this. It would make much more sense to store the letterhead as AutoText or in a template. -- 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. "Diane R." wrote in message ... I created a letterhead at the top of a blank document so that it could be used for emailing purposes (instead of printing on actual letterhead just create a letter on this and it's ready to email). I widened the left/right margins; changed the top/bottom margins; put the company name within a one row/one column table so that the bottom line is the only line showing; went below that table, changed the size and superscripted the font to put in the address and telephone numbers; put a return; changed the font back to the original size and unchecked the superscript; inserted a continuous page break, and added one more return. Now I've been asked to make it a macro. I'm using the fonts that I used when I just put it on a document but when I'm recording it for the macro the font is enlarged by 3-4 sizes. Why? |
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Does recording a macro increase the font size?
For starters, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm -- 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. "Diane R." wrote in message ... I do not know how to make a template. I've asked Meredith College if they have an adult course but they do not have one as of yet. I've been making things as forms (which has a couple of drawbacks) because of not knowing how to make a template. I've put a few things in Auto Text but how would I get a 5 line, different size fonts, and superscripts recorded in Auto Text? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: A macro is an inefficient (and chancy) way to accomplish this. It would make much more sense to store the letterhead as AutoText or in a template. -- 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. "Diane R." wrote in message ... I created a letterhead at the top of a blank document so that it could be used for emailing purposes (instead of printing on actual letterhead just create a letter on this and it's ready to email). I widened the left/right margins; changed the top/bottom margins; put the company name within a one row/one column table so that the bottom line is the only line showing; went below that table, changed the size and superscripted the font to put in the address and telephone numbers; put a return; changed the font back to the original size and unchecked the superscript; inserted a continuous page break, and added one more return. Now I've been asked to make it a macro. I'm using the fonts that I used when I just put it on a document but when I'm recording it for the macro the font is enlarged by 3-4 sizes. Why? |
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Does recording a macro increase the font size?
Hi, John & Suzanne:
Sorry, I took so long to update your suggestions. I stuck with the macro - got it to work finally - due to the fact that we are a company which acquired several insurance companys, which means, in my office, there would have to be six letterhead templates due to the fact we write letters under three different company names, plus each letter would have to have a regular letterhead and one with "Certified/Return Receipt Requested" added to it. I just made it easier for the adjusters to pick a macro instead of picking the correct template out of a list of documents. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Diane: A recorded macro stores only "what you do". If you did not explicitly set the font and its size while recording, that information will not be stored, and the result will appear in whatever font is under the insertion point when the macro begins. The macro does not store mouse movements: you have to move using the cursor keys if you want to store this in a macro. And, I think you are getting a little confused between "Returns" and "Paragraph marks". A Paragraph mark stores font and spacing information, a Return does not. Which one were you using? I would follow Suzanne's suggestion: make it an AutoText (or a template). A macro is not the simplest way to do this. You "could" do it with a macro, but it's complicated. Regards On 28/3/06 2:09 AM, in article , "Diane R." wrote: I created a letterhead at the top of a blank document so that it could be used for emailing purposes (instead of printing on actual letterhead just create a letter on this and it's ready to email). I widened the left/right margins; changed the top/bottom margins; put the company name within a one row/one column table so that the bottom line is the only line showing; went below that table, changed the size and superscripted the font to put in the address and telephone numbers; put a return; changed the font back to the original size and unchecked the superscript; inserted a continuous page break, and added one more return. Now I've been asked to make it a macro. I'm using the fonts that I used when I just put it on a document but when I'm recording it for the macro the font is enlarged by 3-4 sizes. Why? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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Does recording a macro increase the font size?
But AutoText would still work, I think, and you could use an AutoTextList
field instead of a macro; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/AutoTextList.htm. -- 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. "Diane R." wrote in message ... Hi, John & Suzanne: Sorry, I took so long to update your suggestions. I stuck with the macro - got it to work finally - due to the fact that we are a company which acquired several insurance companys, which means, in my office, there would have to be six letterhead templates due to the fact we write letters under three different company names, plus each letter would have to have a regular letterhead and one with "Certified/Return Receipt Requested" added to it. I just made it easier for the adjusters to pick a macro instead of picking the correct template out of a list of documents. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Hi Diane: A recorded macro stores only "what you do". If you did not explicitly set the font and its size while recording, that information will not be stored, and the result will appear in whatever font is under the insertion point when the macro begins. The macro does not store mouse movements: you have to move using the cursor keys if you want to store this in a macro. And, I think you are getting a little confused between "Returns" and "Paragraph marks". A Paragraph mark stores font and spacing information, a Return does not. Which one were you using? I would follow Suzanne's suggestion: make it an AutoText (or a template). A macro is not the simplest way to do this. You "could" do it with a macro, but it's complicated. Regards On 28/3/06 2:09 AM, in article , "Diane R." wrote: I created a letterhead at the top of a blank document so that it could be used for emailing purposes (instead of printing on actual letterhead just create a letter on this and it's ready to email). I widened the left/right margins; changed the top/bottom margins; put the company name within a one row/one column table so that the bottom line is the only line showing; went below that table, changed the size and superscripted the font to put in the address and telephone numbers; put a return; changed the font back to the original size and unchecked the superscript; inserted a continuous page break, and added one more return. Now I've been asked to make it a macro. I'm using the fonts that I used when I just put it on a document but when I'm recording it for the macro the font is enlarged by 3-4 sizes. Why? -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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