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Template Problem
Hello,
I have a template that has many macros in it. One is for a Double bullet style, which generates the rounded (filled in) bullet, inserts the tab stop and wraps the text to keep the alignment. This bullet style has been used in various various versions of my template. I have used this template for over a year and it has always worked with Office 2000 and Office 2003 (template was tested on both versions). I am now on Office 2003, but when I send a file to someone who is on Office 2000 or Office 2002, the nice rounded, filled in bullets are ow appearing as boxes. A similar bullet style for single space bulleted lists works fine and has no problem. I have checked the web and Office Online and from what I have read Macros stored in MS Word 2000 and 2002 templates or documents should run as designed in MS Word 2003. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? I Thanks to everyone for your reply. -- Mkate |
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Hi Mkate-
This suggests that your style may be calling for a bullet character from a font that isn't available on the other systems or a similar font-related issue. Regards |:) "Mkate" wrote: Hello, I have a template that has many macros in it. One is for a Double bullet style, which generates the rounded (filled in) bullet, inserts the tab stop and wraps the text to keep the alignment. This bullet style has been used in various various versions of my template. I have used this template for over a year and it has always worked with Office 2000 and Office 2003 (template was tested on both versions). I am now on Office 2003, but when I send a file to someone who is on Office 2000 or Office 2002, the nice rounded, filled in bullets are ow appearing as boxes. A similar bullet style for single space bulleted lists works fine and has no problem. I have checked the web and Office Online and from what I have read Macros stored in MS Word 2000 and 2002 templates or documents should run as designed in MS Word 2003. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? I Thanks to everyone for your reply. -- Mkate |
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Hello,
Thank you or your response. I will check this style as it should be the same as my single bullet style, which contiues to work properly. -- Mkate "CyberTaz" wrote: Hi Mkate- This suggests that your style may be calling for a bullet character from a font that isn't available on the other systems or a similar font-related issue. Regards |:) "Mkate" wrote: Hello, I have a template that has many macros in it. One is for a Double bullet style, which generates the rounded (filled in) bullet, inserts the tab stop and wraps the text to keep the alignment. This bullet style has been used in various various versions of my template. I have used this template for over a year and it has always worked with Office 2000 and Office 2003 (template was tested on both versions). I am now on Office 2003, but when I send a file to someone who is on Office 2000 or Office 2002, the nice rounded, filled in bullets are ow appearing as boxes. A similar bullet style for single space bulleted lists works fine and has no problem. I have checked the web and Office Online and from what I have read Macros stored in MS Word 2000 and 2002 templates or documents should run as designed in MS Word 2003. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? I Thanks to everyone for your reply. -- Mkate |
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FWIW, you should not need a macro for this purpose. All you need is a style
(you can assign it a keyboard shortcut if desired). You could start by customizing one of the List Bullet series of built-in styles. See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html -- 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. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a template that has many macros in it. One is for a Double bullet style, which generates the rounded (filled in) bullet, inserts the tab stop and wraps the text to keep the alignment. This bullet style has been used in various various versions of my template. I have used this template for over a year and it has always worked with Office 2000 and Office 2003 (template was tested on both versions). I am now on Office 2003, but when I send a file to someone who is on Office 2000 or Office 2002, the nice rounded, filled in bullets are ow appearing as boxes. A similar bullet style for single space bulleted lists works fine and has no problem. I have checked the web and Office Online and from what I have read Macros stored in MS Word 2000 and 2002 templates or documents should run as designed in MS Word 2003. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? I Thanks to everyone for your reply. -- Mkate |
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I meanto say I use a bullet style and no a macro. I have a style for my two
bullets. I use shortcut keystrokes for the double bullet style, which double spaces at the end of the bullet. I also use a single bullet style with a shortcut keystroke that single spaces when the enter key is hit. The single style works okay but the double is causing the problems. Thanks for the reference. I will review the information. -- Mkate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: FWIW, you should not need a macro for this purpose. All you need is a style (you can assign it a keyboard shortcut if desired). You could start by customizing one of the List Bullet series of built-in styles. See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html -- 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. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a template that has many macros in it. One is for a Double bullet style, which generates the rounded (filled in) bullet, inserts the tab stop and wraps the text to keep the alignment. This bullet style has been used in various various versions of my template. I have used this template for over a year and it has always worked with Office 2000 and Office 2003 (template was tested on both versions). I am now on Office 2003, but when I send a file to someone who is on Office 2000 or Office 2002, the nice rounded, filled in bullets are ow appearing as boxes. A similar bullet style for single space bulleted lists works fine and has no problem. I have checked the web and Office Online and from what I have read Macros stored in MS Word 2000 and 2002 templates or documents should run as designed in MS Word 2003. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? I Thanks to everyone for your reply. -- Mkate |
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Read the article anyway. It will give you more insight into what is going on
behind the scenes and will help you set up styles that will work consistently. -- 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. "Mkate" wrote in message ... I meanto say I use a bullet style and no a macro. I have a style for my two bullets. I use shortcut keystrokes for the double bullet style, which double spaces at the end of the bullet. I also use a single bullet style with a shortcut keystroke that single spaces when the enter key is hit. The single style works okay but the double is causing the problems. Thanks for the reference. I will review the information. -- Mkate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: FWIW, you should not need a macro for this purpose. All you need is a style (you can assign it a keyboard shortcut if desired). You could start by customizing one of the List Bullet series of built-in styles. See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html -- 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. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a template that has many macros in it. One is for a Double bullet style, which generates the rounded (filled in) bullet, inserts the tab stop and wraps the text to keep the alignment. This bullet style has been used in various various versions of my template. I have used this template for over a year and it has always worked with Office 2000 and Office 2003 (template was tested on both versions). I am now on Office 2003, but when I send a file to someone who is on Office 2000 or Office 2002, the nice rounded, filled in bullets are ow appearing as boxes. A similar bullet style for single space bulleted lists works fine and has no problem. I have checked the web and Office Online and from what I have read Macros stored in MS Word 2000 and 2002 templates or documents should run as designed in MS Word 2003. Has anyone experienced this and is there a fix? I Thanks to everyone for your reply. -- Mkate |
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