traveling shortcut to macro   

In Word 2003, I created a macro that is housed in a document itself.  I also 
assigned a shortcut, Alt+A, to run the macro.  When I send the document to 
another computer I see that the macro is available, but the shortcut does not 
work.  My document is for use by 100's of managers at a client, so I need 
something simple like a shortcut (rather than Tools >> Macros >> select 
correct macro >> Run).  And I can't mess with their normal template.  Is 
there any way to create a shortcut for others using the doument?  I am more 
used to doing thee kinds of things in Excel where you simply create a button.

TIA.

date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:45:00 -0700   author:   andy62

Re: traveling shortcut to macro   

On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:45:00 -0700, andy62 
wrote:

>In Word 2003, I created a macro that is housed in a document itself.  I also 
>assigned a shortcut, Alt+A, to run the macro.  When I send the document to 
>another computer I see that the macro is available, but the shortcut does not 
>work.  My document is for use by 100's of managers at a client, so I need 
>something simple like a shortcut (rather than Tools >> Macros >> select 
>correct macro >> Run).  And I can't mess with their normal template.  Is 
>there any way to create a shortcut for others using the doument?  I am more 
>used to doing thee kinds of things in Excel where you simply create a button.
>
>TIA.

When you set up the shortcut, did you change the "Save changes in" dropdown in
the Customize Keyboard dialog so it would be saved in the document, instead of
in your Normal.dot template?

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Jay Freedman
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date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:08:44 -0400   author:   Jay Freedman

Re: traveling shortcut to macro   

Thanks, Jay.  Guess I did so for the macro but not the shortcut.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:45:00 -0700, andy62 
> wrote:
> 
> >In Word 2003, I created a macro that is housed in a document itself.  I also 
> >assigned a shortcut, Alt+A, to run the macro.  When I send the document to 
> >another computer I see that the macro is available, but the shortcut does not 
> >work.  My document is for use by 100's of managers at a client, so I need 
> >something simple like a shortcut (rather than Tools >> Macros >> select 
> >correct macro >> Run).  And I can't mess with their normal template.  Is 
> >there any way to create a shortcut for others using the doument?  I am more 
> >used to doing thee kinds of things in Excel where you simply create a button.
> >
> >TIA.
> 
> When you set up the shortcut, did you change the "Save changes in" dropdown in
> the Customize Keyboard dialog so it would be saved in the document, instead of
> in your Normal.dot template?
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>

date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:47:20 -0700   author:   andy62