[Chuckmg]

I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date, Alt-T
= Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in normal.dotm.
They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it indicates that
the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it will not work in
normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed the shortcut in
normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very confused.

Chuck

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, there's a built-in shortcut for the date: Alt+Shift+D.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it
will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed
the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very
confused.

Chuck

[Terry Farrell]

Would you tell us what steps you are using to save an assigned shortcut?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it
will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed
the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very
confused.

Chuck

[Chuckmg]

Thanks Suzanne. But with the built-in Alt-Shift-D, I can't specify the
format desired.

Chuck

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
FWIW, there's a built-in shortcut for the date: Alt+Shift+D.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it
will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed
the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very
confused.

Chuck

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, yes, you can. In the Insert | Date and Time dialog, you select a
format and then click Default.... From then on, that format will be used by
the shortcut. And of course, since it inserts a field, you can modify the
field code as desired.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne. But with the built-in Alt-Shift-D, I can't specify the
format desired.

Chuck

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
FWIW, there's a built-in shortcut for the date: Alt+Shift+D.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it
will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed
the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very
confused.

Chuck

[Chuckmg]

Terry,

I have a macro called NewEntry which sets the style and creates a date in
the form "Sunday, November 09, 2008". When I run the macro it works fine.
I then go to Word Options Customize Keyboard shortcuts: Customize. Then
to Macros category, hightlight NewEntry, enter Alt+Ctrl+D, and assign. In
general, it doesn't work ... either when I enter it in the document or in
the dotm template.

There is one exception. I have an old word doc, my daily journal, in which
the shortcuts work fine. And!! ... not all of the shortcuts that work are
assigned in the document! Utter confusion!!

Chuck




"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Would you tell us what steps you are using to save an assigned shortcut?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it
will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed
the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very
confused.

Chuck

[Terry Farrell]

The symptoms suggest that your daily journal is really a template and not a
document, so macros are being saved there instead of with normal.dot. Was
your journal ever a template? In Word, once a template, always a template.
The only way to change a template into a document is to open a new document
from the template: changing the extension from .dot to a .doc does nothing
and Word will still see it as a template regardless of the exention.

Terry

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
Terry,

I have a macro called NewEntry which sets the style and creates a date in
the form "Sunday, November 09, 2008". When I run the macro it works fine.
I then go to Word Options Customize Keyboard shortcuts: Customize.
Then to Macros category, hightlight NewEntry, enter Alt+Ctrl+D, and
assign. In general, it doesn't work ... either when I enter it in the
document or in the dotm template.

There is one exception. I have an old word doc, my daily journal, in
which the shortcuts work fine. And!! ... not all of the shortcuts that
work are assigned in the document! Utter confusion!!

Chuck




"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Would you tell us what steps you are using to save an assigned shortcut?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm, it
will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also installed
the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there. Am very
confused.

Chuck

[Chuckmg]

Terry,

You're great!!! ... and right on the money! Many thanks ... wished I'd
asked sooner instead of spending the time trying to debug it myself.

Cheers,
Chuck


"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
The symptoms suggest that your daily journal is really a template and not
a document, so macros are being saved there instead of with normal.dot.
Was your journal ever a template? In Word, once a template, always a
template. The only way to change a template into a document is to open a
new document from the template: changing the extension from .dot to a .doc
does nothing and Word will still see it as a template regardless of the
exention.

Terry

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
Terry,

I have a macro called NewEntry which sets the style and creates a date in
the form "Sunday, November 09, 2008". When I run the macro it works
fine. I then go to Word Options Customize Keyboard shortcuts:
Customize. Then to Macros category, hightlight NewEntry, enter
Alt+Ctrl+D, and assign. In general, it doesn't work ... either when I
enter it in the document or in the dotm template.

There is one exception. I have an old word doc, my daily journal, in
which the shortcuts work fine. And!! ... not all of the shortcuts that
work are assigned in the document! Utter confusion!!

Chuck




"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Would you tell us what steps you are using to save an assigned shortcut?

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm,
it will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also
installed the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there.
Am very confused.

Chuck

[Chuckmg]

Thanks, Suzanne, I never thought about doing it that way. Live and learn!

Chuck

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Well, yes, you can. In the Insert | Date and Time dialog, you select a
format and then click Default.... From then on, that format will be used
by the shortcut. And of course, since it inserts a field, you can modify
the field code as desired.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
Thanks Suzanne. But with the built-in Alt-Shift-D, I can't specify the
format desired.

Chuck

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
FWIW, there's a built-in shortcut for the date: Alt+Shift+D.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Chuckmg" wrote in message
...
I have long used shortcuts for simple macros: e.g., Alt+Ctrl+D = Date,
Alt-T = Time, etc. Now in Word 2007 I can't get these to work in
normal.dotm. They will work in a particular xxx.docx, but even though it
indicates that the customized shortcut is being placed in normal.dotm,
it will not work in normal.dotm or in any other doc. I have also
installed the shortcut in normal.dotm, but it doesn't even work there.
Am very confused.

Chuck