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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / August 2005how to assign a macro to a button?
Can this be done? I've created a custom toolbar and I want to somehow put buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button ok, I figured out how to do this and I created the button on my standard toolbar that links to a macro. HOWEVER, when I close word and go back in, my macro is gone as well as my new button. I even tried to save it as normal2.dot and then from Windows Explorer, delete normal.dot and rename norm2 to normal. It still doesn't keep the new macro and button. What am I missing here? Thanks! Buster > Can this be done? I've created a custom toolbar and I want to somehow put > buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button Only Word can make a Normal.dot. Don't even mess with whatever you were doing about saving a regular template as Normal.dot. Quit Word, dump all those files and let Word regenerate a Normal.dot from scratch. If you have Acrobat 7 installed, it's got a glitch and prevents saves to Normal.dot happening automatically. After making your customizations, hold down the Shift key and click File. You will see Save has changed to Save All, select it. This will force the customizations to be immediately saved to Normal.dot. Though you figured out your other questions, see if these links are useful: Creating a macro with no programming experience using the recorder http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/UsingRecorder.htm How to modify a recorded macro http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ModifyRecordedMacro.htm How to assign a Word command or macro to a toolbar or menu http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm > ok, I figured out how to do this and I created the button on my standard > toolbar that links to a macro. HOWEVER, when I close word and go back in, my [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> Can this be done? I've created a custom toolbar and I want to somehow put >> buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button  SignatureDaiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: <http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/> What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ When I try that, and hold shift and hit file, I do see save all. However, when I click it, it pulls up a save as window. Why's that? Also, while I got ya, once I get this toolbar working, is there a way for me to share it with other folks in the office by putting it on their computers. Thanks! > Only Word can make a Normal.dot. Don't even mess with whatever you were > doing about saving a regular template as Normal.dot. Quit Word, dump all [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >>> put >>> buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button Save All wants to save the currently open document, which may be an unsaved Document1. You can ignore that. For the rest, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > When I try that, and hold shift and hit file, I do see save all. However, > when I click it, it pulls up a save as window. [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >>> put > >>> buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button ok, I got the menu thingy working like I want it to. Thanks for the help on that! Now back to the copying to other users. I read that page and it says copy the code into another template. It tells me nothing about how to copy whatever code it's referring to. It says the following but gives no details as to how to do so: Copy the code into a fresh template, along with any additional menu items, toolbars and keyboard shortcuts that you want to set up to make it easier to access the macros. Once you are sure that it is all working, you can distribute that template. This one wants to go into the Word Startup folder. You can find out which folder this is by going to Tools, Options, File Locations, and checking the Startup folder. If the template is copies there, then next time the user opens Word, the macros and toolbars will all be available, because the template is automatically loaded as an add-in. Thanks for any guidance you can give me! Buster > Save All wants to save the currently open document, which may be an > unsaved [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >> >>> put >> >>> buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button OK, I figured out how to copy the macro code for the macros I created to another computer. Is there a way to copy a custom toolbar? Thanks again! Buster > Save All wants to save the currently open document, which may be an > unsaved [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >> >>> put >> >>> buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button Have you tried using the Organizer? SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > OK, I figured out how to copy the macro code for the macros I created to > another computer. Is there a way to copy a custom toolbar? [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > >> >>> put > >> >>> buttons on it that will run macros assigned to that button See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > When I try that, and hold shift and hit file, I do see save all. However, > when I click it, it pulls up a save as window. 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