basic macro help

[paepstein]

Hi,

I had one very, very simple macro that I created in Word 2004, which I use a LOT, so I would like it back. However, I can't use Apple Script at all and I am hoping some kind soul here could tell me how to do this for Word 2008, because learning how to use Apple Script just for this feels pretty hopeless.

The macro was that I used Apple-Key + E to insert a footnote into a document at size 10 font. That's it. Very basic - but I don't know how to create it again, and it is already much needed.

 

[Tobias Weber]

am hoping some kind soul here could tell me how to do this for Word 2008,

I never scripted Word either

because learning how to use Apple Script just for this feels pretty
hopeless.<br>

The hard thing isn't AppleScript itself but the different commands each
application expects. "Learning" it will change the way you use your Mac!

The macro was that I used Apple-Key + E to insert a footnote into a document
at size 10 font. That's it. Very basic - but I don't know how to create it

You don't need a script for that: Just set a shortcut for InsertFootnote
through Tools | Customize Keyboard. Changing the Footnote style in
Normal.dot to 10pt is easy as well and probably a better idea than
setting it every time.

 

[paepstein]

Wow I feel so stupid! I had no idea about the keyboard commands option.

Thanks!

 

[Nany]

Try using the AutoText entry feature. Directions can be found by typing AutoText entry into the help search area. It is not quite a macro, but really close. Hope this helps.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

AutoText might help replace certain macros, but it is not relevant to
the original question here at all.

 

[John McGhie]

Well, let's be a bit inventive then...

If you set the format of the Footnote Text style in your document to be 10
pts, then every footnote you insert will be 10 pts.

I am not quite sure if it was the footnote text or the footnote reference
you meant? If it is the reference, same thing, but set the Footnote
Reference style.

Now, you can assign Command + E to "InsertFootnote" and you will get what
you want Or, if you like, use Command + Option + F. That is already
assigned.

Hope this helps

Hi,

I had one very, very simple macro that I created in Word 2004, which I use a
LOT, so I would like it back. However, I can't use Apple Script at all and I
am hoping some kind soul here could tell me how to do this for Word 2008,
because learning how to use Apple Script just for this feels pretty hopeless.

The macro was that I used Apple-Key + E to insert a footnote into a document
at size 10 font. That's it. Very basic - but I don't know how to create it
again, and it is already much needed.

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