[Rob Parkinson]

This is a two-part question:

1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to
take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot?

2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather
that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others
could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this.

Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated.

Regards,


Rob Parkinson

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unless you specifically stored them elsewhere, they're in the NewMacros
module in Normal.dot.

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"Rob Parkinson" wrote in message
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This is a two-part question:

1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like
to
take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot?

2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I
gather
that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others
could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this.

Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated.

Regards,


Rob Parkinson

[Jay Freedman]

1) Unless you specified some other location when you recorded or wrote
the macros, then they are in normal.dot. You can take your present
normal.dot to the new organization, or you can use the Organizer to
copy them to a separate template and take that. To open the Organizer,
go to Tools Templates and Add-Ins, and click the button at the
bottom of the dialog.

2) Although macros *can* be stored in documents, it's usually a Really
Bad Idea (tm). Tinkering with other users' normal.dot templates is
also not recommended. You can use the Organizer to copy or move the
macros from your normal.dot to a new template, which you can then send
to your colleagues. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm.

You should also read
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:11:01 -0700, Rob Parkinson
wrote:

This is a two-part question:

1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to
take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot?

2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather
that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others
could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this.

Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated.

Regards,


Rob Parkinson

[Rob Parkinson]

Jay, Suzanne:

Many thanks for taking the time to reply. I appreciate your help.

Regards,


Rob Parkinson


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

1) Unless you specified some other location when you recorded or wrote
the macros, then they are in normal.dot. You can take your present
normal.dot to the new organization, or you can use the Organizer to
copy them to a separate template and take that. To open the Organizer,
go to Tools Templates and Add-Ins, and click the button at the
bottom of the dialog.

2) Although macros *can* be stored in documents, it's usually a Really
Bad Idea (tm). Tinkering with other users' normal.dot templates is
also not recommended. You can use the Organizer to copy or move the
macros from your normal.dot to a new template, which you can then send
to your colleagues. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm.

You should also read
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:11:01 -0700, Rob Parkinson
wrote:

This is a two-part question:

1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like to
take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot?

2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I gather
that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others
could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this.

Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated.

Regards,


Rob Parkinson

[Charles Kenyon]

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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!

My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com
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"Rob Parkinson" wrote in message
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This is a two-part question:

1) I am leaving my job to work for another organization, and would like
to
take my macros with me. Are they stored in normal.dot?

2) I would like my present colleagues to be able to use my macros. I
gather
that this could be done by storing the macros in a document, which others
could then use. However, I have been unable to figure out how to do this.

Any help you can offer would be very much appreciated.

Regards,


Rob Parkinson