My employer created macros over the years that were working fine in his HP laptop newly installed with Vista and Office 2007. One day they no longer worked. Word 2007 refuses to allow me to replace the normal.dotm file with the file that has all the macros. I am not permitted to overwrite the normal.dotm template. I tried deleting it but renaming the file that has the macros is not seen as the .dotm file and a new normal.dotm file is created automatically by MS Word, and a blank template returns. I have tried to paste the code from the macros into the normal.dotm file which works to some degree but when I go to run the macro, bugs are detected and the macro will not run even though I simply coped and pasted the code without editing any of the code. My employed does not want to re-create the old macros that are already contained in an old file. How can I transfer these old macros into the global template?
You can copy macros from one template to another using the Organizer. There's probably another way to reach it, but one path is Developer | Code | Macros: Organizer. But you should be able to overwrite Normal.dotm if Word is closed. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "reconfigure" wrote in message news:f252b8ac-b950-4aaa-960f-46f64f6a8d52@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com... > My employer created macros over the years that were working fine in > his HP laptop newly installed with Vista and Office 2007. > > One day they no longer worked. > > Word 2007 refuses to allow me to replace the normal.dotm file with the > file that has all the macros. > > I am not permitted to overwrite the normal.dotm template. I tried > deleting it but renaming the file that has the macros is not seen as > the .dotm file and a new normal.dotm file is created automatically by > MS Word, and a blank template returns. > > I have tried to paste the code from the macros into the normal.dotm > file which works to some degree but when I go to run the macro, bugs > are detected and the macro will not run even though I simply coped and > pasted the code without editing any of the code. > > My employed does not want to re-create the old macros that are already > contained in an old file. How can I transfer these old macros into the > global template? > > > > >
I found out that even though I closed MS Word's interface, it was running in the background which is why I could not overwrite the normal.dotm file. However, once I rename the template to normal.dotm, MS Word says it cannot open that template and creates a new blank template. Anyhow, looks like simply going to the organizer section in the developer code area works but won't know until my employer gets fully into using MS Word like he usually does with macros. Thanks.
Now, Ctrl + T and other key combos that were once set are not working to activate the macros. How do align the key combinations to activate each macro?
There is also help here - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100997691033.aspx Looks like the shortcut key commands need to be re-entered for the macros, is this right?
Also here - http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RP060786221033&CTT=6&Origin=RP060786211033
Office Button | Word Options | Customize: Keyboard shortcuts: Customize... Select the Macros category, find a specific macro, and reassign the desired keyboard shortcut. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "reconfigure" wrote in message news:8a7a507a-bf00-4142-acb8-5af171647be7@v56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > Now, Ctrl + T and other key combos that were once set are not working > to activate the macros. > > How do align the key combinations to activate each macro? >
Many Thanks.
