Save your macros in a separate template.
You can load this template as an Add-In when you want to use the macros or
you can attach it to your open document.

txt files, by their nature, cannot hold working macros.


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"cannonball" wrote in message
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I use an extensive set of macros for a particular task. When I open an
existing plain text file the macros are gone. I usually go to
tools/macros/organize.. and transfer the four macro files to the new
document. That always seems to work, but if I close the file and reopen it
they are gone again. I do not want to save as a word document because
further
processing requires a text only document.