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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / April 2006Macros in Word 2003 with SP2
I'm having a devil of a time getting macros to work properly in Word 2003. Here's the scenario. Customer is a law firm that uses macros extensively to automate client addresses, pleadings, court addresses, etc. These are all stored in a .dot "shared" macro file which is in a shared directory on one of the office machines. I can go into Tools, Templates and Add-Ins, Global Templates and Add-Ins, and add the template. It even stays checked now between exit and restarts of Word. But whenever you try to Run a macro on the list it gives a Visual Basic "Macros for this project have been disabled" error message. I've already gone into Tools, Macro, Security and reduced the security from High to Medium or even Low to no avail. I've also gone into Trusted Publishers and check the box for "Trust all installed add-ins and templates" and the box for "Trust access to Visual Basic Project" also to no avail. Note, this all works fine under Word 2002. Just going to Word 2003 has thrown this all off. I'm out of ideas and need some fresh thoughts. Thx. They should be using AutoText instead of macros. That said, make sure these global templates are stored in the Word startup folder and not the Office startup folder. The Office folder is not a trusted location.  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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. > I'm having a devil of a time getting macros to work properly in Word 2003. > Here's the scenario. Customer is a law firm that uses macros extensively [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Thx. Charles, Thank you for your response, but this does not answer my question. These are shared macros used by others in the office. How will they remain "shared" if I copy them into each user's Word startup folder? Where is the Word startup folder exactly? Can I just use a link to the shared .DOT file? These are updated almost daily. Thanks, KW > They should be using AutoText instead of macros. That said, make sure these > global templates are stored in the Word startup folder and not the Office [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Thx. Put them on a network drive. On each users' login script you add an xcopy command or the equivalent to copy it from the network location to the Word startup folder as set in each user's Tools > Options > File Locations. It is wherever you put it. It can be on the local computer or on the network but should be individual for each user. If you put a link to the file on the network instead of copying the file, when anyone has Word open you cannot edit the shared file. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. > Charles, > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> > >> > Thx. Thank you very much. > Put them on a network drive. > [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >> > > >> > Thx. I'm also getting the following error on some systems: "Macros for this project have been disabled" whenever I try to run a macro from the list in the shared template. Ideas? > Put them on a network drive. > [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > >> > > >> > Thx. On those systems the macro security needs to be set to trust installed templates and add-ins. 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. > I'm also getting the following error on some systems: "Macros for this > project have been disabled" whenever I try to run a macro from the list in [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Thx. |
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