I cannot record a macro in word 97 in vista home premium. When I click 'keyboard' message says that the macro cannot be recorded. Everything else in word 97 works ok. Thanks, AL
I am not sure what you mean by "click 'keyboard'" Have you tried selecting Macro from the Tools menu and then selecting the Record Macro item. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Alfred Lorona" wrote in message news:VYbUj.11811$Mv1.1055@fe099.usenetserver.com... >I cannot record a macro in word 97 in vista home premium. When I click >'keyboard' message says that the macro cannot be recorded. Everything else >in word 97 works ok. > > Thanks, AL
Doug wrote: >I am not sure what you mean by "click 'keyboard'" Have you tried selecting >Macro from the Tools menu and then selecting the Record Macro item. Hi, Doug: Thanks for your reply. Here is what happens. I select the TOOLS menu which gives me a choice of MACROS or RECORD NEW MACRO. I select RECORD NEW MACRO which gives me a choice of TOOLBAR or KEYBOARD in which to assign the macro. I fill in the MACRO NAME, STORE MACRO IN and DESCRIPTION text boxes. Then I click on the KEYBOARD icon prior to actually recording the macro keystrokes but I get the message THE MACRO COULD NOT BE CREATED. The same scenario plays out if I begin by clicking on the REC box on the bottom status toolbar. Thanks again, AL
What name are you giving to the macro? What are you selecting/entering into the "Store macro in:" control? What if you just accept the default selections and press OK? -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Alfred Lorona" wrote in message news:L1lUj.85161$oQ4.68678@fe113.usenetserver.com... > > Doug wrote: > >>I am not sure what you mean by "click 'keyboard'" Have you tried >>selecting Macro from the Tools menu and then selecting the Record Macro >>item. > > Hi, Doug: Thanks for your reply. Here is what happens. > > I select the TOOLS menu which gives me a choice of MACROS or RECORD NEW > MACRO. I select RECORD NEW MACRO which gives me a choice of TOOLBAR or > KEYBOARD in which to assign the macro. > > I fill in the MACRO NAME, STORE MACRO IN and DESCRIPTION text boxes. > > Then I click on the KEYBOARD icon prior to actually recording the macro > keystrokes but I get the message THE MACRO COULD NOT BE CREATED. > > The same scenario plays out if I begin by clicking on the REC box on the > bottom status toolbar. > > Thanks again, AL
Doug wrote: > What name are you giving to the macro? superscript > What are you selecting/entering into the "Store macro in:" control? normal.dot > What if you just accept the default selections and press OK? Tried that many times. I get the same message if I select OK instead of TOOLBAR OR KEYBOARD. One detail I haven't mentioned because I do not think it is pertinent to writing a macro is this: When I first select WORD I get a screen message that says: 'The Create Adobe PDF monitor cannot be found. Please re-install Create Adobe PDF.' I am not aware that WORD97 does a PDF conversion or save. Besides, I do not know how to re-install it even if I wanted to. I don't have a need for this as I use CUTE PDF to write PDF files. Many thanks again, Doug. AL
I would try and get rid of what is causing the Adobe error message when you start Word - Maybe Control Panel>Add Remove Programs (or the Vista equivalent) - as there maybe some hang-over from that error that is causing the problem. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Alfred Lorona" wrote in message news:q_sUj.25772$em5.24929@fe117.usenetserver.com... > Doug wrote: > >> What name are you giving to the macro? > > superscript > >> What are you selecting/entering into the "Store macro in:" control? > > normal.dot > >> What if you just accept the default selections and press OK? > > Tried that many times. I get the same message if I select OK instead of > TOOLBAR OR KEYBOARD. > > > One detail I haven't mentioned because I do not think it is pertinent to > writing a macro is this: When I first select WORD I get a screen message > that says: 'The Create Adobe PDF monitor cannot be found. Please > re-install Create Adobe PDF.' I am not aware that WORD97 does a PDF > conversion or save. Besides, I do not know how to re-install it even if I > wanted to. I don't have a need for this as I use CUTE PDF to write PDF > files. > > Many thanks again, Doug. AL
