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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / November 2004Deploying Macros
I want to deploy some general word macros I've created so other people can use them. It appears that the macro's should "live" in the users Normal.dot file so they are available for use on any word document. I've created a .dot template file to distribute that contains the macros. I want to automate the process of copying the macros from my template to their Normal.dot What is the best way to do this? Thanks ...jz > I want to deploy some general word macros I've created so other > people can use them. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Thanks > ...jz Hi Jim, Please don't mess with people's Normal.dot templates. That way lies madness... that is, your users will get mad at you. :-( Instead, distribute your separate template and place it in Word's Startup folder, where it will become a "global" template. The macros will be available in all documents, without altering Normal.dot at all. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm for suggested methods.  SignatureRegards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org As Jay said, don't mess with other people's normal.dot files. The general term for macros that do this is "virus." 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. >I want to deploy some general word macros I've created so other people can > use them. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks > ...jz
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