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Trouble with Shortcut Organizer -- any advice?
http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Shortcut%20Organizer.htm is often recommended by the MVPs to transfer keyboard shortcuts from one template to another. For me, (Word 2003, Win XP Pro SP2), Shortcut Organizer macro runs but doesn't bring up its Organizer dialog box. Details of what I did: Downloaded version 2. (I tried version 3, but it's the same file as version 2. I tried contacting the uthor, but e-mail to the address on is Web page bounced.) Opened shortorg.dot, read instructions, closed Word, moved shortorg.dot to my startup directory Double-clicked on my resume to open Word. The two-button toolbar appeared, but when I clicked on the Organizer button the Organizer box did not appear: there was no error message, nothing. When I clicked on the "Organize Keyboard" menu item on its own I also got nothing. (Document Variables does bring up its box.) Closed Word, reopened it; clicked the button; got the message about "cannot run from a document that has not been saved". So we know the macro runs, but for some reason it just doesn't open its dialog box. Is shortorg just not compatible with Word 2003, or is there something I should be doing differently? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa- days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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The macro works in my version of Word 2003.
-- 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. "Stan Brown" wrote in message t... http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Shortcut%20Organizer.htm is often recommended by the MVPs to transfer keyboard shortcuts from one template to another. For me, (Word 2003, Win XP Pro SP2), Shortcut Organizer macro runs but doesn't bring up its Organizer dialog box. Details of what I did: Downloaded version 2. (I tried version 3, but it's the same file as version 2. I tried contacting the uthor, but e-mail to the address on is Web page bounced.) Opened shortorg.dot, read instructions, closed Word, moved shortorg.dot to my startup directory Double-clicked on my resume to open Word. The two-button toolbar appeared, but when I clicked on the Organizer button the Organizer box did not appear: there was no error message, nothing. When I clicked on the "Organize Keyboard" menu item on its own I also got nothing. (Document Variables does bring up its box.) Closed Word, reopened it; clicked the button; got the message about "cannot run from a document that has not been saved". So we know the macro runs, but for some reason it just doesn't open its dialog box. Is shortorg just not compatible with Word 2003, or is there something I should be doing differently? -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa- days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:32:12 -0500 in microsoft.public.word.newusers,
Charles Kenyon favored us with... The macro works in my version of Word 2003. Can you offer any suggestions to help figure out how I can get it working on mine? Remember that we do know it runs, because in an unsaved document it brings up its message about that. But it won't display its organizer dialog. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa- days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:02:34 -0400 in microsoft.public.word.newusers,
Stan Brown favored us with... On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:32:12 -0500 in microsoft.public.word.newusers, Charles Kenyon favored us with... The macro works in my version of Word 2003. Can you offer any suggestions to help figure out how I can get it working on mine? Remember that we do know it runs, because in an unsaved document it brings up its message about that. But it won't display its organizer dialog. Apparently there's a VBA error message that only appears when you step through the macro: "Visual Basic is not trusted" (or words to that effect -- it's not in front of me now). The solution is to select Tools - Macro - Security - Trusted Publishers and check "Trust access to Visual Basic Project." Once I do that, the Shortkey Organizer dialog box does come up. Unfortunately, it shows a shortcut in NORMAL.DOT that actually isn't the Ctrl-Shift-A for All Caps. If the author didn't have a wrong address on his Web page http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Shortcut%20Organizer.htm I'd let him know of the problems. rant I'm just a layman, but it seems to me that a security model is broken if you have to defeat the security to get any useful work done. It seems like everything I try to do, even when not connected to the Internet, gets one or more annoying pop-ups. Then I have to ferret through the help system (or go on line and Google) to find out which "helpful" security feature to turn off. Heck, Microsoft even tell you to turn off a security feature so that Windows Genuine Advantage will work! Don't get me wrong -- I'm all for security. But it's been implemented REALLY badly in XP from where I sit. The idea of security is -- or should be -- to let you get work done without letting intruders disrupt your system. UNIX does this every day of the week. Microsoft have the benefit of a model to follow: why on earth did they have to reinvent the wheel and do such a lousy job? /rant -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa- days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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The vast bulk of Word users do not use macros or vba. I like it that you can
at least somewhat fine-tune the security so it is not an all or nothing proposition. -- 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. "Stan Brown" wrote in message t... On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:02:34 -0400 in microsoft.public.word.newusers, Stan Brown favored us with... On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:32:12 -0500 in microsoft.public.word.newusers, Charles Kenyon favored us with... The macro works in my version of Word 2003. Can you offer any suggestions to help figure out how I can get it working on mine? Remember that we do know it runs, because in an unsaved document it brings up its message about that. But it won't display its organizer dialog. Apparently there's a VBA error message that only appears when you step through the macro: "Visual Basic is not trusted" (or words to that effect -- it's not in front of me now). The solution is to select Tools - Macro - Security - Trusted Publishers and check "Trust access to Visual Basic Project." Once I do that, the Shortkey Organizer dialog box does come up. Unfortunately, it shows a shortcut in NORMAL.DOT that actually isn't the Ctrl-Shift-A for All Caps. If the author didn't have a wrong address on his Web page http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Shortcut%20Organizer.htm I'd let him know of the problems. rant I'm just a layman, but it seems to me that a security model is broken if you have to defeat the security to get any useful work done. It seems like everything I try to do, even when not connected to the Internet, gets one or more annoying pop-ups. Then I have to ferret through the help system (or go on line and Google) to find out which "helpful" security feature to turn off. Heck, Microsoft even tell you to turn off a security feature so that Windows Genuine Advantage will work! Don't get me wrong -- I'm all for security. But it's been implemented REALLY badly in XP from where I sit. The idea of security is -- or should be -- to let you get work done without letting intruders disrupt your system. UNIX does this every day of the week. Microsoft have the benefit of a model to follow: why on earth did they have to reinvent the wheel and do such a lousy job? /rant -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa- days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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FWIW, the default (built-in) shortcut for AllCaps is Ctrl+Shift+A. Possibly
you have assigned it to something else or unassigned it. -- 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. "Stan Brown" wrote in message t... On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:02:34 -0400 in microsoft.public.word.newusers, Stan Brown favored us with... On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 14:32:12 -0500 in microsoft.public.word.newusers, Charles Kenyon favored us with... The macro works in my version of Word 2003. Can you offer any suggestions to help figure out how I can get it working on mine? Remember that we do know it runs, because in an unsaved document it brings up its message about that. But it won't display its organizer dialog. Apparently there's a VBA error message that only appears when you step through the macro: "Visual Basic is not trusted" (or words to that effect -- it's not in front of me now). The solution is to select Tools - Macro - Security - Trusted Publishers and check "Trust access to Visual Basic Project." Once I do that, the Shortkey Organizer dialog box does come up. Unfortunately, it shows a shortcut in NORMAL.DOT that actually isn't the Ctrl-Shift-A for All Caps. If the author didn't have a wrong address on his Web page http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Shortcut%20Organizer.htm I'd let him know of the problems. rant I'm just a layman, but it seems to me that a security model is broken if you have to defeat the security to get any useful work done. It seems like everything I try to do, even when not connected to the Internet, gets one or more annoying pop-ups. Then I have to ferret through the help system (or go on line and Google) to find out which "helpful" security feature to turn off. Heck, Microsoft even tell you to turn off a security feature so that Windows Genuine Advantage will work! Don't get me wrong -- I'm all for security. But it's been implemented REALLY badly in XP from where I sit. The idea of security is -- or should be -- to let you get work done without letting intruders disrupt your system. UNIX does this every day of the week. Microsoft have the benefit of a model to follow: why on earth did they have to reinvent the wheel and do such a lousy job? /rant -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ "And if you're afraid of butter, which many people are nowa- days, (long pause) you just put in cream." --Julia Child |
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On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:21:28 -0500 in microsoft.public.word.newusers,
Suzanne S. Barnhill favored us with... Once I do that, the Shortkey Organizer dialog box does come up. Unfortunately, it shows a shortcut in NORMAL.DOT that actually isn't the Ctrl-Shift-A for All Caps. If the author didn't have a wrong address on his Web page http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Shortcut%20Organizer.htm I'd let him know of the problems. FWIW, the default (built-in) shortcut for AllCaps is Ctrl+Shift+A. Possibly you have assigned it to something else or unassigned it. Yes, I know that. I didn't have it assigned, reassigned, or unassigned. :-) Shortcut Organizer simply listed it as being in Normal.dot even though it wasn't. (It didn't list any of the other standard Word shortcut keys.) -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com A: Maybe because some people are too annoyed by top-posting. Q: Why do I not get an answer to my question(s)? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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