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Macro help
I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word
2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Hi Kathryn,
I wrote the article on the Add Balance site. I may have made assumptions that you are not making. Sorry. The steps in it work when followed exactly. You do not want your old template in the user templates folder or the workgroup templates folder, you want them in the Word startup folder. I suspect that you have done this. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. The macros will not show up in the organizer because you do not have your template _open_ in the organizer. They will not show up in the vba editor because you do not have your template open. They run because you have your template added as an Add-In. To get them available for editing, you need to actually open the template so that it is visible on your screen. Doing this will also make the macro modules available in the organizer. Note that individual macros do not show up in the organizer, only modules. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User
templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Hi Suzanne,
My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Ah, okay, I got in on this late. In either case, I suspect that Kathryn is
putting them in the folder reserved for Word's own installed templates rather than either the User Templates or the Startup folder. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Kathryn, I wrote the article on the Add Balance site. I may have made assumptions that you are not making. Sorry. The steps in it work when followed exactly. You do not want your old template in the user templates folder or the workgroup templates folder, you want them in the Word startup folder. I suspect that you have done this. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. What *exactly* is the word startup folder? I have recorded a test macro (named Test) on my new computer to see if I could locate exactly where the macro should be stored but still can't find it. Microsoft can't find a file with Test in the name. The macros will not show up in the organizer because you do not have your template _open_ in the organizer. They will not show up in the vba editor because you do not have your template open. They run because you have your template added as an Add-In. To get them available for editing, you need to actually open the template so that it is visible on your screen. If by open, you mean run the macro, I have done that. I run the macro and then open the organizer, which is what the directions appear to want me to do. What I get is box that will shows NewMacros in Normal.dot and NOTHING in the other box. The only thing that it will allow me to do from there is copy NewMacros(in Normal.dot) into the template I want to copy! I see nothing that will allow me to copy FROM my macro/template. Doing this will also make the macro modules available in the organizer. Note that individual macros do not show up in the organizer, only modules. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I
stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Please explain to me how to find the user template folder. Word doesn't seem
to want to tell me. I have gone into tools/options/file locations/user templates and when I put the template into that folder word doesn't see it. Also, when I made a test macro it shows up when I try to run it but it is not in the folder I see when I check the tools/options/file locations/user templates. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, okay, I got in on this late. In either case, I suspect that Kathryn is putting them in the folder reserved for Word's own installed templates rather than either the User Templates or the Startup folder. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Please explain to me how to find the user template folder. Word doesn't seem to want to tell me. I have gone into tools/options/file locations/user templates and when I put the template into that folder word doesn't see it. Also, when I made a test macro it shows up when I try to run it but it is not in the folder I see when I check the tools/options/file locations/user templates. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, okay, I got in on this late. In either case, I suspect that Kathryn is putting them in the folder reserved for Word's own installed templates rather than either the User Templates or the Startup folder. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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By open, I mean having the template in front of you on the screen in Word so
that you could type in it. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message news  "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Kathryn, I wrote the article on the Add Balance site. I may have made assumptions that you are not making. Sorry. The steps in it work when followed exactly. You do not want your old template in the user templates folder or the workgroup templates folder, you want them in the Word startup folder. I suspect that you have done this. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. What *exactly* is the word startup folder? I have recorded a test macro (named Test) on my new computer to see if I could locate exactly where the macro should be stored but still can't find it. Microsoft can't find a file with Test in the name. The macros will not show up in the organizer because you do not have your template _open_ in the organizer. They will not show up in the vba editor because you do not have your template open. They run because you have your template added as an Add-In. To get them available for editing, you need to actually open the template so that it is visible on your screen. If by open, you mean run the macro, I have done that. I run the macro and then open the organizer, which is what the directions appear to want me to do. What I get is box that will shows NewMacros in Normal.dot and NOTHING in the other box. The only thing that it will allow me to do from there is copy NewMacros(in Normal.dot) into the template I want to copy! I see nothing that will allow me to copy FROM my macro/template. Doing this will also make the macro modules available in the organizer. Note that individual macros do not show up in the organizer, only modules. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in
NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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That folder is hidden in Windows XP. You must set the Windows Folder Options
to show hidden files and folders in order to see 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Please explain to me how to find the user template folder. Word doesn't seem to want to tell me. I have gone into tools/options/file locations/user templates and when I put the template into that folder word doesn't see it. Also, when I made a test macro it shows up when I try to run it but it is not in the folder I see when I check the tools/options/file locations/user templates. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, okay, I got in on this late. In either case, I suspect that Kathryn is putting them in the folder reserved for Word's own installed templates rather than either the User Templates or the Startup folder. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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I do have it set to show hidden folders. *WORD* does not see the macro I
copied into the folder where word tells me templates should be. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That folder is hidden in Windows XP. You must set the Windows Folder Options to show hidden files and folders in order to see 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Please explain to me how to find the user template folder. Word doesn't seem to want to tell me. I have gone into tools/options/file locations/user templates and when I put the template into that folder word doesn't see it. Also, when I made a test macro it shows up when I try to run it but it is not in the folder I see when I check the tools/options/file locations/user templates. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, okay, I got in on this late. In either case, I suspect that Kathryn is putting them in the folder reserved for Word's own installed templates rather than either the User Templates or the Startup folder. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my
old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in
Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I can not
find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my computer but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the directory that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not see it so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I can open/run it as a template? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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How you handle this depends on whether the template is intended to be a
document template or a global template. If it is a document template and you have stored it in the User Templates folder, then you should be able to create new documents based on the template, and the macro will be available to those documents. If it is intended to be global (the macro should be available to all documents), then you need to put the downloaded template in your Startup folder. Both this and the previous suggestion depend on the file being an actual Word template (.dot file). Alternatively, you can open the template itself, then open the VBA Editor, copy the macro, and paste it into a module in Normal.dot. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I can not find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my computer but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the directory that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not see it so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I can open/run it as a template? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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If all you are trying to access is the macros in a template, if you put that
template (which should _not_ be named normal.dot) in the folder designated as Word's startup folder in Tools Options File Locations, you will be able to access the macros, assuming that you have your macro security set to trust projects in that folder. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I do have it set to show hidden folders. *WORD* does not see the macro I copied into the folder where word tells me templates should be. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: That folder is hidden in Windows XP. You must set the Windows Folder Options to show hidden files and folders in order to see 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... Please explain to me how to find the user template folder. Word doesn't seem to want to tell me. I have gone into tools/options/file locations/user templates and when I put the template into that folder word doesn't see it. Also, when I made a test macro it shows up when I try to run it but it is not in the folder I see when I check the tools/options/file locations/user templates. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ah, okay, I got in on this late. In either case, I suspect that Kathryn is putting them in the folder reserved for Word's own installed templates rather than either the User Templates or the Startup folder. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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It is a document template. I stored it in the User Templates folder (where
normal.dot is) but Word does not see it there. It is a .dot file that I downloaded from Microsoft's website. Word does not see it therefore I cannot open or run it in Word. However, I can go to the directory and double click on it and will open Word then run. After I run (open) it this way, I can open the VBA editor but there is nothing there but the toolbars. The template is not there and I don't see a way to open the template. Therefore, I can't cut and paste into normal.dot. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: How you handle this depends on whether the template is intended to be a document template or a global template. If it is a document template and you have stored it in the User Templates folder, then you should be able to create new documents based on the template, and the macro will be available to those documents. If it is intended to be global (the macro should be available to all documents), then you need to put the downloaded template in your Startup folder. Both this and the previous suggestion depend on the file being an actual Word template (.dot file). Alternatively, you can open the template itself, then open the VBA Editor, copy the macro, and paste it into a module in Normal.dot. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I can not find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my computer but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the directory that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not see it so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I can open/run it as a template? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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The way the MS website works, you don't get macros with templates that you
download from it, AFAIK. If you have a document or a template in your user templates folder (as set in Tools Options File Locations) when you do File Open you can use it as the basis for a new document. (On Word 2002 or later you need to get to the templates on your computer through the task pane, as well. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... It is a document template. I stored it in the User Templates folder (where normal.dot is) but Word does not see it there. It is a .dot file that I downloaded from Microsoft's website. Word does not see it therefore I cannot open or run it in Word. However, I can go to the directory and double click on it and will open Word then run. After I run (open) it this way, I can open the VBA editor but there is nothing there but the toolbars. The template is not there and I don't see a way to open the template. Therefore, I can't cut and paste into normal.dot. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: How you handle this depends on whether the template is intended to be a document template or a global template. If it is a document template and you have stored it in the User Templates folder, then you should be able to create new documents based on the template, and the macro will be available to those documents. If it is intended to be global (the macro should be available to all documents), then you need to put the downloaded template in your Startup folder. Both this and the previous suggestion depend on the file being an actual Word template (.dot file). Alternatively, you can open the template itself, then open the VBA Editor, copy the macro, and paste it into a module in Normal.dot. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I can not find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my computer but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the directory that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not see it so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I can open/run it as a template? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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-- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... The way the MS website works, you don't get macros with templates that you download from it, AFAIK. If you have a document or a template in your user templates folder (as set in Tools Options File Locations) when you do File Open you can use it as the basis for a new document. (On Word 2002 or later you need to get to the templates on your computer through the task pane, as well. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... It is a document template. I stored it in the User Templates folder (where normal.dot is) but Word does not see it there. It is a .dot file that I downloaded from Microsoft's website. Word does not see it therefore I cannot open or run it in Word. However, I can go to the directory and double click on it and will open Word then run. After I run (open) it this way, I can open the VBA editor but there is nothing there but the toolbars. The template is not there and I don't see a way to open the template. Therefore, I can't cut and paste into normal.dot. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: How you handle this depends on whether the template is intended to be a document template or a global template. If it is a document template and you have stored it in the User Templates folder, then you should be able to create new documents based on the template, and the macro will be available to those documents. If it is intended to be global (the macro should be available to all documents), then you need to put the downloaded template in your Startup folder. Both this and the previous suggestion depend on the file being an actual Word template (.dot file). Alternatively, you can open the template itself, then open the VBA Editor, copy the macro, and paste it into a module in Normal.dot. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I can not find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my computer but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the directory that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not see it so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I can open/run it as a template? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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Do you have file extensions displayed? If not, display them and make sure
that the template hasn't been saved as Template.dot.doc or the like. You have definitely saved this template in the same folder where Normal.dot is stored? -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... It is a document template. I stored it in the User Templates folder (where normal.dot is) but Word does not see it there. It is a .dot file that I downloaded from Microsoft's website. Word does not see it therefore I cannot open or run it in Word. However, I can go to the directory and double click on it and will open Word then run. After I run (open) it this way, I can open the VBA editor but there is nothing there but the toolbars. The template is not there and I don't see a way to open the template. Therefore, I can't cut and paste into normal.dot. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: How you handle this depends on whether the template is intended to be a document template or a global template. If it is a document template and you have stored it in the User Templates folder, then you should be able to create new documents based on the template, and the macro will be available to those documents. If it is intended to be global (the macro should be available to all documents), then you need to put the downloaded template in your Startup folder. Both this and the previous suggestion depend on the file being an actual Word template (.dot file). Alternatively, you can open the template itself, then open the VBA Editor, copy the macro, and paste it into a module in Normal.dot. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... No, no, no. This is a macro I downloaded. Word does not see it. I can not find out where to put it so that word will see it!!!! It IS on my computer but Word does not see it as a template even tho I saved it to the directory that Word says templates should be in. The NewMacros module does not see it so I cannot copy it to normal.dot. How do I get Word to see it so I can open/run it as a template? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macros are saved in Normal.dot. You can open the NewMacros module in Normal.dot and, if you like, copy one or more macros to a new module or project. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... So, I have macros that I cannot copy into the normal.dot then because on my old computer they don't show up like they are supposed to, which means I can't use them. I downloaded a completely separate template. Please tell me how to put that downloaded template into normal.dot so I can use it. I saved it to where word told me templates go but when I try to run it it does not show up. The only things that show up there are the 2 or 3 test macros that I made. I am completely lost and cannot find any documentation that explains this in layman's terms. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Unless you name a new module, all macros saved in Normal.dot are saved in NewMacros. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... When I made these macros, I followed directions from a Word user's group. I stored them wherever it is that Word defaulted to. Is there not a simple way to find a file and copy it to disk and then put it where it needs to be on the new computer? I've been able to do that with all other files. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi Suzanne, My diagnosis, which may be off, is that the macros are currently stored in an Add-In. That is the only way I know to have operational macros that don't show up in the vb editor or the organizer. So the template needs to be moved from the Startup folder on the old computer to the new computer. -- 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. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Make sure you are saving the file to the folder specified for "User templates" on the File Locations tab of Tools | Options. -- 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. "Kathryn" wrote in message ... I have a computer running Word 2000. I have a new computer running Word 2003. I have a couple of Word macros that I need to move to the new computer. I have already looked through old messages and have looked at http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm but still cannot figure out how to move the macros to my new computer. When I open Word 2000, my computer does not behave the way that it should according to the addbalance site. Using the Organizer button doesn't show my macros; using the VBA Editor doesnt' show any macros either, yet they are there and run when I use them. I have tried to simply copy the .dot file over to the new computer but I put it in the subdirectory that Word looks in for templates but it does not see it there. Any help? |
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On 5/11/05 12:46 PM, "Kathryn" wrote:
It is a document template. I stored it in the User Templates folder (where normal.dot is) but Word does not see it there. It is a .dot file that I downloaded from Microsoft's website. Word does not see it therefore I cannot open or run it in Word. However, I can go to the directory and double click on it and will open Word then run. I haven't studied this thread--did you already try opening the template itself, then going to Tools | Macro, Organizer, and copying the Macro Project Item from the downloaded template over to your Normal template? |
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