These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP on all
workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page numbering,
etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns when
page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros in the
normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same result in the
organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I need to
repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on each workstation
and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and other techs in previous
macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does 2003 work differently with
macros? Please, any suggestions as to why the macros aren't working. These
are the same macros I have created for many other offices in other versions
of Word and they work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so
much, in advance.

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you explicitly create
a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If macros are being lost, it
could be because Normal.dot is not being saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP on all
workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page numbering,
etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns when
page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros in the
normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same result in the
organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I need to
repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on each
workstation
and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and other techs in previous
macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does 2003 work differently with
macros? Please, any suggestions as to why the macros aren't working.
These
are the same macros I have created for many other offices in other
versions
of Word and they work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so
much, in advance.

Suzanne, thank you so much for your response. By overwritten, do you mean by
another Template/Add In? And why don't the macros I create list in the
Organizer so I can copy, etc. them?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you explicitly create
a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If macros are being lost, it
could be because Normal.dot is not being saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP on all
workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page numbering,
etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns when
page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros in the
normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same result in the
organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I need to
repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on each
workstation
and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and other techs in previous
macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does 2003 work differently with
macros? Please, any suggestions as to why the macros aren't working.
These
are the same macros I have created for many other offices in other
versions
of Word and they work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so
much, in advance.

In some business networks where all documents must be "by the book", the
administrators have set up login scripts that write an official copy of
Normal.dot from the server onto the local drive every day, overwriting the
existing one and wiping out any customizations the user may have made during
the previous session. IMHO this is a nasty Big-Brother-ish substitute for
proper training of users, but it does happen.

The Organizer never shows the names of individual macros, only the names of
the modules that contain them. "NewMacros" is the standard name Word uses
for the module that contains all recorded macros. To see the individual
macro names, you have to use the Tools Macro Macros dialog, or open the
VBA editor and look in the Project Explorer pane, expanding the icons until
you can double-click the NewMacros icon and see the macro code in the
editing pane.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

V-ger wrote:
Suzanne, thank you so much for your response. By overwritten, do you
mean by another Template/Add In? And why don't the macros I create
list in the Organizer so I can copy, etc. them?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you
explicitly create a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If
macros are being lost, it could be because Normal.dot is not being
saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP
on all workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page
numbering, etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns
when page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros
in the normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same
result in the organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I
need to repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on
each workstation and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and
other techs in previous macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does
2003 work differently with macros? Please, any suggestions as to
why the macros aren't working. These are the same macros I have
created for many other offices in other versions of Word and they
work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so much, in
advance.

The only module you'll see in the Organizer from recording macros is the New
Macros module. The Organizer only copies modules, not individual macros.

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP on all
workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page numbering,
etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns when
page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros in the
normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same result in the
organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I need to
repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on each
workstation
and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and other techs in previous
macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does 2003 work differently with
macros? Please, any suggestions as to why the macros aren't working.
These
are the same macros I have created for many other offices in other
versions
of Word and they work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so
much, in advance.

No, although add-ins that meddle with Normal.dot can cause problems enough.
What I meant by "overwritten," however, was that you might have saved a
document as Normal.dot or renamed Normal.dot to create a new copy. These
problems are easy enough to solve. The harder issue is if you are on a
corporate network and some Net Nazi is "refreshing" your Normal.dot every
time you start up or (worse still) forcing you to use a read-only copy of
Normal.dot on the network.

If you want your macros to be listed separately, I believe you have to
create them from scratch in the VBA Editor, perhaps in a new module? I'm
VBA-illiterate, so this one should be followed up in one of the Word VBA
NGs.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, thank you so much for your response. By overwritten, do you mean
by
another Template/Add In? And why don't the macros I create list in the
Organizer so I can copy, etc. them?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you explicitly
create
a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If macros are being lost, it
could be because Normal.dot is not being saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP on
all
workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page
numbering,
etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns
when
page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros in
the
normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same result in the
organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I need
to
repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on each
workstation
and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and other techs in
previous
macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does 2003 work differently with
macros? Please, any suggestions as to why the macros aren't working.
These
are the same macros I have created for many other offices in other
versions
of Word and they work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank
you so
much, in advance.

Jay, awesome. Just what I needed. Thank you. I'll check that out when I go
there. (Not certain what IMHO means, I may be a little out of the loop with
acronyms.) Thank you so much for your input.
Also:
ANY ideas on why the Insert Page Number macro "erases" the header on the
letterhead? Thanks.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In some business networks where all documents must be "by the book", the
administrators have set up login scripts that write an official copy of
Normal.dot from the server onto the local drive every day, overwriting the
existing one and wiping out any customizations the user may have made during
the previous session. IMHO this is a nasty Big-Brother-ish substitute for
proper training of users, but it does happen.

The Organizer never shows the names of individual macros, only the names of
the modules that contain them. "NewMacros" is the standard name Word uses
for the module that contains all recorded macros. To see the individual
macro names, you have to use the Tools Macro Macros dialog, or open the
VBA editor and look in the Project Explorer pane, expanding the icons until
you can double-click the NewMacros icon and see the macro code in the
editing pane.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

V-ger wrote:
Suzanne, thank you so much for your response. By overwritten, do you
mean by another Template/Add In? And why don't the macros I create
list in the Organizer so I can copy, etc. them?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you
explicitly create a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If
macros are being lost, it could be because Normal.dot is not being
saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP
on all workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page
numbering, etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns
when page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros
in the normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same
result in the organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I
need to repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on
each workstation and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and
other techs in previous macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does
2003 work differently with macros? Please, any suggestions as to
why the macros aren't working. These are the same macros I have
created for many other offices in other versions of Word and they
work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so much, in
advance.

I would suggest that for help with a specific macro that you post the code
of the macro (that you can get using the visual basic editor) in the
vba.beginners newsgroup with information on what you are trying to
accomplish, what is happening, and which version(s) of Word you are working
with.

IMHO = in my humble opninion
--

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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
news
Jay, awesome. Just what I needed. Thank you. I'll check that out when I
go
there. (Not certain what IMHO means, I may be a little out of the loop
with
acronyms.) Thank you so much for your input.
Also:
ANY ideas on why the Insert Page Number macro "erases" the header on the
letterhead? Thanks.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In some business networks where all documents must be "by the book", the
administrators have set up login scripts that write an official copy of
Normal.dot from the server onto the local drive every day, overwriting
the
existing one and wiping out any customizations the user may have made
during
the previous session. IMHO this is a nasty Big-Brother-ish substitute for
proper training of users, but it does happen.

The Organizer never shows the names of individual macros, only the names
of
the modules that contain them. "NewMacros" is the standard name Word uses
for the module that contains all recorded macros. To see the individual
macro names, you have to use the Tools Macro Macros dialog, or open
the
VBA editor and look in the Project Explorer pane, expanding the icons
until
you can double-click the NewMacros icon and see the macro code in the
editing pane.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

V-ger wrote:
Suzanne, thank you so much for your response. By overwritten, do you
mean by another Template/Add In? And why don't the macros I create
list in the Organizer so I can copy, etc. them?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you
explicitly create a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If
macros are being lost, it could be because Normal.dot is not being
saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP
on all workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page
numbering, etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns
when page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros
in the normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same
result in the organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I
need to repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on
each workstation and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and
other techs in previous macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does
2003 work differently with macros? Please, any suggestions as to
why the macros aren't working. These are the same macros I have
created for many other offices in other versions of Word and they
work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so much, in
advance.

IMHO = in my humble opinion. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FindHelp/Jargon.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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
news
Jay, awesome. Just what I needed. Thank you. I'll check that out when I
go
there. (Not certain what IMHO means, I may be a little out of the loop
with
acronyms.) Thank you so much for your input.
Also:
ANY ideas on why the Insert Page Number macro "erases" the header on the
letterhead? Thanks.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

In some business networks where all documents must be "by the book", the
administrators have set up login scripts that write an official copy of
Normal.dot from the server onto the local drive every day, overwriting
the
existing one and wiping out any customizations the user may have made
during
the previous session. IMHO this is a nasty Big-Brother-ish substitute
for
proper training of users, but it does happen.

The Organizer never shows the names of individual macros, only the names
of
the modules that contain them. "NewMacros" is the standard name Word
uses
for the module that contains all recorded macros. To see the individual
macro names, you have to use the Tools Macro Macros dialog, or open
the
VBA editor and look in the Project Explorer pane, expanding the icons
until
you can double-click the NewMacros icon and see the macro code in the
editing pane.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

V-ger wrote:
Suzanne, thank you so much for your response. By overwritten, do you
mean by another Template/Add In? And why don't the macros I create
list in the Organizer so I can copy, etc. them?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Macros are stored in Normal.dot by default, and unless you
explicitly create a new module, they're created in NewMacros. If
macros are being lost, it could be because Normal.dot is not being
saved or is being overwritten.

--
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.

"V-ger" wrote in message
...
These questions may be connected (new installation of Word 2K3/XP
on all workstations at location):

1. Writing very simple macros (change printer bins, add page
numbering, etc.) work until Word is shut down then never work again;
2. When macro inserts page numbering, header disappears and returns
when page numbering turned off; and,
3. The Organizer for "normal.dot (global template)" shows no macros
created
- only New Macros so I can't copy them. I tried creating macros
in the normal.dot itself and on a blank page and get the same
result in the organizer.

I'm not certain if this is one question or two (or three). If I
need to repost, I can. I have turned the Security level to Low on
each workstation and I have read everything suggested by MVPs and
other techs in previous macro posts but, so far, to no avail. Does
2003 work differently with macros? Please, any suggestions as to
why the macros aren't working. These are the same macros I have
created for many other offices in other versions of Word and they
work just fine - very simple. Please help. Thank you so much, in
advance.