FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - vba - please read before posting - unofficial March posting "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> 03.03.2006 14:46:49 FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - brief - vba - unofficial This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less Please save us all some time by reading it before posting to the news group. This newsgroup is about VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - which is the programming language for Word 97-2003 (macros). There is a longer FAQ with more questions and links that is regularly posted in the non-VBA Word newsgroups. You may want to check that out as well. --- BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING PLEASE READ THESE --- http://www.mvps.org/word/FindHelp/Posting.htm http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Reading these articles will help you get a quick and meaningful response to your question rather than just more questions for you. It may keep your message from being screened or bounced. A few basics, though: (1) Be nice; everyone answering questions here is a volunteer. (2) Post a question in only one newsgroup generally. If you _have to_ post in more than one, post a _single_ message and put both newsgroups in the header for that _single_ message. (3) Do not attach anything to a message. (4) The only really stupid question is the one you don't ask. (5) Do not use your real email address unless you want spam. (See bottom for sample.) The reasons for the requests are spelled out on the web page. A longer version of this FAQ is also on the Internet at http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm Newsgroup Archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search MVPs FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm To the extent there is any "official" FAQ, this is it. --- Also, before posting, you may want to look at the following questions to see if yours is among them. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 1. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my template? http://addbalance.com/word/macrosfromnewsgroup.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm 2. What are some good books for me to read about Word? http://addbalance.com/word/wordbooks.htm and http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm 3. How can I run a macro automatically when a document opens, closes, is created? http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DocumentEvents.htm 4. How can I distribute or backup macros / customizations? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm 5. What is an MVP? http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html and http://addbalance.com/word/mvp.htm 6. I need to make a form to... Userforms are custom dialog boxes written using vba. If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word calls an online form. Look in Word's help for that, and for more info on online forms follow the links at: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms especially Dian Chapman's series of articles If you want a custom dialog box that you code with VBA commands you want a UserForm. Take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm 7. Where can I find more information on the Web? http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#webvba http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/OfficeInterdev.htm 8. Recorded macros... http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UsingRecorder.htm How do I edit or change? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ModifyRecordedMacro.htm Recorded macros are usually inefficient and sometimes just plain don't work. Nevertheless, they often do work and can be a good place to start! 9. How can I enter something once in a document and have it repeat elsewhere? (Not really vba, but it keeps being asked.) http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm 10. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. 11. How can I get a template to show up under a tab with File => New? What are templates? Global templates? Document templates? http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to wordfaq[ at ]no.spam.addbalance.com. Remove no.spam from the address. (This is a "proofed" email address, I hope.) Posted 3 March 2006 Charles Kenyon (the editor)

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - vba - please read before posting - unofficial March posting "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> 10.03.2006 22:09:15 FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - brief - vba - unofficial This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less Please save us all some time by reading it before posting to the news group. This newsgroup is about VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - which is the programming language for Word 97-2003 (macros). There is a longer FAQ with more questions and links that is regularly posted in the non-VBA Word newsgroups. You may want to check that out as well. --- BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING PLEASE READ THESE --- http://www.mvps.org/word/FindHelp/Posting.htm http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Reading these articles will help you get a quick and meaningful response to your question rather than just more questions for you. It may keep your message from being screened or bounced. A few basics, though: (1) Be nice; everyone answering questions here is a volunteer. (2) Post a question in only one newsgroup generally. If you _have to_ post in more than one, post a _single_ message and put both newsgroups in the header for that _single_ message. (3) Do not attach anything to a message. (4) The only really stupid question is the one you don't ask. (5) Do not use your real email address unless you want spam. (See bottom for sample.) The reasons for the requests are spelled out on the web page. A longer version of this FAQ is also on the Internet at http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm Newsgroup Archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search MVPs FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm To the extent there is any "official" FAQ, this is it. --- Also, before posting, you may want to look at the following questions to see if yours is among them. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 1. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my template? http://addbalance.com/word/macrosfromnewsgroup.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm 2. What are some good books for me to read about Word? http://addbalance.com/word/wordbooks.htm and http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm 3. How can I run a macro automatically when a document opens, closes, is created? http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DocumentEvents.htm 4. How can I distribute or backup macros / customizations? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm 5. What is an MVP? http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html and http://addbalance.com/word/mvp.htm 6. I need to make a form to... Userforms are custom dialog boxes written using vba. If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word calls an online form. Look in Word's help for that, and for more info on online forms follow the links at: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms especially Dian Chapman's series of articles If you want a custom dialog box that you code with VBA commands you want a UserForm. Take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm 7. Where can I find more information on the Web? http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#webvba http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/OfficeInterdev.htm 8. Recorded macros... http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UsingRecorder.htm How do I edit or change? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ModifyRecordedMacro.htm Recorded macros are usually inefficient and sometimes just plain don't work. Nevertheless, they often do work and can be a good place to start! 9. How can I enter something once in a document and have it repeat elsewhere? (Not really vba, but it keeps being asked.) http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm 10. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. 11. How can I get a template to show up under a tab with File => New? What are templates? Global templates? Document templates? http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to wordfaq[ at ]no.spam.addbalance.com. Remove no.spam from the address. (This is a "proofed" email address, I hope.) Posted 10 March 2006 Charles Kenyon (the editor)

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - vba - please read before posting - unofficial March posting "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> 19.03.2006 05:59:26 FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - brief - vba - unofficial This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less Please save us all some time by reading it before posting to the news group. This newsgroup is about VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - which is the programming language for Word 97-2003 (macros). There is a longer FAQ with more questions and links that is regularly posted in the non-VBA Word newsgroups. You may want to check that out as well. --- BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING PLEASE READ THESE --- http://www.mvps.org/word/FindHelp/Posting.htm http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Reading these articles will help you get a quick and meaningful response to your question rather than just more questions for you. It may keep your message from being screened or bounced. A few basics, though: (1) Be nice; everyone answering questions here is a volunteer. (2) Post a question in only one newsgroup generally. If you _have to_ post in more than one, post a _single_ message and put both newsgroups in the header for that _single_ message. (3) Do not attach anything to a message. (4) The only really stupid question is the one you don't ask. (5) Do not use your real email address unless you want spam. (See bottom for sample.) The reasons for the requests are spelled out on the web page. A longer version of this FAQ is also on the Internet at http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm Newsgroup Archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search MVPs FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm To the extent there is any "official" FAQ, this is it. --- Also, before posting, you may want to look at the following questions to see if yours is among them. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 1. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my template? http://addbalance.com/word/macrosfromnewsgroup.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm 2. What are some good books for me to read about Word? http://addbalance.com/word/wordbooks.htm and http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm 3. How can I run a macro automatically when a document opens, closes, is created? http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DocumentEvents.htm 4. How can I distribute or backup macros / customizations? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm 5. What is an MVP? http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html and http://addbalance.com/word/mvp.htm 6. I need to make a form to... Userforms are custom dialog boxes written using vba. If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word calls an online form. Look in Word's help for that, and for more info on online forms follow the links at: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms especially Dian Chapman's series of articles If you want a custom dialog box that you code with VBA commands you want a UserForm. Take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm 7. Where can I find more information on the Web? http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#webvba http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/OfficeInterdev.htm 8. Recorded macros... http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UsingRecorder.htm How do I edit or change? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ModifyRecordedMacro.htm Recorded macros are usually inefficient and sometimes just plain don't work. Nevertheless, they often do work and can be a good place to start! 9. How can I enter something once in a document and have it repeat elsewhere? (Not really vba, but it keeps being asked.) http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm 10. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. 11. How can I get a template to show up under a tab with File => New? What are templates? Global templates? Document templates? http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to wordfaq[ at ]no.spam.addbalance.com. Remove no.spam from the address. (This is a "proofed" email address, I hope.) Posted 18 March 2006 Charles Kenyon (the editor)

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - vba - please read before posting - unofficial March posting "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> 27.03.2006 12:48:25 FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - brief - vba - unofficial This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less Please save us all some time by reading it before posting to the news group. This newsgroup is about VBA - Visual Basic for Applications - which is the programming language for Word 97-2003 (macros). There is a longer FAQ with more questions and links that is regularly posted in the non-VBA Word newsgroups. You may want to check that out as well. --- BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING PLEASE READ THESE --- http://www.mvps.org/word/FindHelp/Posting.htm http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Reading these articles will help you get a quick and meaningful response to your question rather than just more questions for you. It may keep your message from being screened or bounced. A few basics, though: (1) Be nice; everyone answering questions here is a volunteer. (2) Post a question in only one newsgroup generally. If you _have to_ post in more than one, post a _single_ message and put both newsgroups in the header for that _single_ message. (3) Do not attach anything to a message. (4) The only really stupid question is the one you don't ask. (5) Do not use your real email address unless you want spam. (See bottom for sample.) The reasons for the requests are spelled out on the web page. A longer version of this FAQ is also on the Internet at http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm Newsgroup Archives: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search MVPs FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm and http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm To the extent there is any "official" FAQ, this is it. --- Also, before posting, you may want to look at the following questions to see if yours is among them. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 1. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my template? http://addbalance.com/word/macrosfromnewsgroup.htm or http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm 2. What are some good books for me to read about Word? http://addbalance.com/word/wordbooks.htm and http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm 3. How can I run a macro automatically when a document opens, closes, is created? http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DocumentEvents.htm 4. How can I distribute or backup macros / customizations? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm 5. What is an MVP? http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html and http://addbalance.com/word/mvp.htm 6. I need to make a form to... Userforms are custom dialog boxes written using vba. If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word calls an online form. Look in Word's help for that, and for more info on online forms follow the links at: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms especially Dian Chapman's series of articles If you want a custom dialog box that you code with VBA commands you want a UserForm. Take a look at: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm 7. Where can I find more information on the Web? http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#webvba http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization.htm http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/OfficeInterdev.htm 8. Recorded macros... http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UsingRecorder.htm How do I edit or change? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ModifyRecordedMacro.htm Recorded macros are usually inefficient and sometimes just plain don't work. Nevertheless, they often do work and can be a good place to start! 9. How can I enter something once in a document and have it repeat elsewhere? (Not really vba, but it keeps being asked.) http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Repeating_Data.htm 10. I can't save my customizations - AutoText, menus, etc. Can't save normal.dot... If you have Adobe Acrobat 7 installed see the last section of http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adobe_acrobat_toolbar.htm. Otherwise, hold down the Shift key when selecting the File menu and select Save All. See also http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/331259.html. 11. How can I get a template to show up under a tab with File => New? What are templates? Global templates? Document templates? http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to wordfaq[ at ]no.spam.addbalance.com. Remove no.spam from the address. (This is a "proofed" email address, I hope.) Posted 28 March 2006 Charles Kenyon (the editor)