> Save the macro in a blank document and save that document as a template.
> Supply the template to your users and tell your users to copy the template
> into the Word startup folder (defined at tools > uptions > file locations
>
> startup)
> See
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm and
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http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm>
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> KR wrote:
> > I have a Word macro that I use, and some other folks have expressed an
> > interest in using it as well (non-local, non-networked users some of
> > whom have very little technical skill- we all volunteer for the same
> > national organization). I've reviewed the FAQ and searched google,
> > but while I'm sure the information is out there somewhere, I haven't
> > found it (at least not phrased in a dumbed-down way so I can
> > understand it).
> >
> > When I use the macro it is inside my target document, so it is easy
> > to find and use. The new potential users are not all savvy to the
> > world of Word and macros, so I want to make it as easy as possible
> > for them to run this macro. Ideally, I'd send them a word file that
> > they could just click and open, and then go back to their own
> > document and run the macro (where the macro resides in the file I
> > send, but acts on 'activedocument'). In Excel this is easy because
> > all macros are shown in the macro list, and you can select macros
> > from other open workbooks. I have (so far) been unable to replicate
> > this in Word- even when I select to show "All active templates and
> > documents" on the macro run dialog box, I don't see the macros I have
> > in other open Word documents at the time.
> >
> > Is there something I need to do in the workbook containing the code
> > to make those macros visible in the macro dialog box?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Keith
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