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MS Office Forum / Word / Word Errors / November 2003text only -- is this readable?
I apologize if this is not readable. I did not know!!! in word 2002, "macro could not be created" came up after I fooled around with templates, etc. i have deleted normal.dot and uninstalled and reinstalled word and office... tried all the fixes I could research, but nothing worked. thank you for your help. Patricia G. Kurz Management Support Services, Inc Chicago, IL >I apologize if this is not readable. I did not know!!! > >in word 2002, "macro could not be created" came up after I fooled around >with templates, etc. What was the name of the macro? Word may prevent you from creating a macro of the same name as a built-in command. Tsu Dho Nimh  SignatureWhen businesses invoke the "protection of consumers," it's a lot like politicians invoking morality and children - grab your wallet and/or your kid and run for your life. Actually, if you name a macro the same as a built-in command Word will run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > Word may prevent you from creating a macro of the same name as a > built-in command. So do any of you have another idea? I am willing to uninstall and reinstall again, but i cannot seem to change the settings back to normal. I have a good copy of my registry from 11/9. is there a way to import what i need from it? thanking you in advance. pat kurz > Actually, if you name a macro the same as a built-in command Word will > run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) > > > Word may prevent you from creating a macro of the same name as a > > built-in command. Hi Pat, I realize you are searching for an answer and if you want to get to the bottom of your issue then it's best to maintain a single thread on the subject. Otherwise important information regarding your problem can easily be overlooked, everything you have tried, haven't tried, and our suggestions can end up being duplicated. As a result and it can take longer to resolve the problem. I believe I asked a follow-up question to one of your posts on this subject and unfortunately I don't have any additional ideas/suggestions until I know when you are encountering the error message. :-) SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > So do any of you have another idea? I am willing to uninstall and reinstall > again, but i cannot seem to change the settings back to normal. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Actually, if you name a macro the same as a built-in command Word will > > run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) obviously this is my first entry into a newsgroup. i apologize. i tried a variety of garbage and gibberish. i had a template from which i attempted to run an existing macro, which then resulted in "insufficient memory" i know for sure this is a template problem. the odd thing is that when I delete all the *.dot files that I created, uninstall word, office and reinstall.. all my settings from my personalized *.dot files remain in the new install. i'd been fooling around in the registry, in the permissions and generally everything before this happened. my comp runs okay everywhere else. in fact i can run but not create macros in excel. i believe my problems may be buried in: 1. locations of files. 2. templates 3. permissions 4. active x but these are all gueses. thanks for your consideration. > Hi Pat, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > will > > > run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) Hi Pat, No apologies necessary - we're just here to help and learning the best methods for getting your problem resolved is equally important. :-) Typically, reinstalling Office does little good since it doesn't reset your personal settings to the defaults. Typically problems such as this have nothing to do with the Word installation but rather changes you have made. So, let's start with some general background questions: - Is the macro you are attempting to run stored in your Normal.dot or another template? If another template are you able to create a new macro in your Normal.dot? General suggestions based on what I can ascertain thus far: It sounds like you may have inadvertently changed the permissions on your personal folders. What operating system are you using? You might check the permissions assigned to the following: - C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application Data\Microsoft\... - User Templates folder. In Word take a look under Tools/Options/File Locations to find this location. - Check permissions assigned to your Temp folder. If the permission check out then what operating system are you using? What is the location of your User Templates folder? SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > obviously this is my first entry into a newsgroup. i apologize. > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > > will > > > > run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) Dear Beth, et al, see my responses below: > Hi Pat, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > another template? If another template are you able to create a new > macro in your Normal.dot? *********No macros of any sort, new old or imported run or can be created.************* > General suggestions based on what I can ascertain thus far: > > It sounds like you may have inadvertently changed the permissions on > your personal folders. What operating system are you using? *********USING WIN2K ******** You might > check the permissions assigned to the following: > > - C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Application Data\Microsoft\...*****NO PERMISSIONS IN THE "PROPERTIES BOX ** NOTHING CHECKED ************ > - User Templates folder. In Word take a look under Tools/Options/File > Locations to find this location. *****NO PERMISSIONS *** NOTHING CHECKED IN PROPERTIES*** > - Check permissions assigned to your Temp folder.*** in temp under d&settings, it was read only and I removed the check, applying it to that and subfolders*** > If the permission check out then what operating system are you using? **WIN2k** > What is the location of your User Templates folder? ************c:\prog files\microsoft office\1033*** > ************** YABBA DABBA DOOOO!!! IT WORKED... THANK YOU SOSOOOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH... I HAVE JUST FOUND A NEW SOURCE OF READING MATERIAL... YOU (ALL) WERE GREAT... SAVED MY LIFE. PAT KURZ > > obviously this is my first entry into a newsgroup. i apologize. > > [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > > > will > > > > > run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) Hi Pat, Great to hear! Yes, if your Temp folder was set to Read-only then your applications were not able to create the necessary temp files. In this case, creating macros would not have been the only problem you ultimately encounter. Thanks for the update. :-) SignaturePlease post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ > Dear Beth, et al, see my responses below: > > - Check permissions assigned to your Temp folder.*** in temp under > d&settings, it was read only and I removed the check, applying it to that > and subfolders*** > YABBA DABBA DOOOO!!! IT WORKED... THANK YOU SOSOOOSOSOSOSOSO MUCH... I HAVE > JUST FOUND A NEW SOURCE OF READING MATERIAL... YOU (ALL) WERE GREAT... SAVED > MY LIFE. > > PAT KURZ FWIW, it's not typical to have c:\prog files\microsoft office\1033 as your user templates folder. This is where Word puts its own ("installed") templates, but Normal.dot and user-created templates are typically in a folder with the name Templates; in Word 2000, the default path will be C:\Documents and Settings\Profile Name\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Dear Beth, et al, see my responses below: > [quoted text clipped - 144 lines] > > > > will > > > > > > run your macro instead of the built-in command. :-) |
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