deploying Word macro

[KR]

I have a Word macro that I use, and some other folks have expressed an
interest in using it as well (non-local, non-networked users some of whom
have very little technical skill- we all volunteer for the same national
organization). I've reviewed the FAQ and searched google, but while I'm sure
the information is out there somewhere, I haven't found it (at least not
phrased in a dumbed-down way so I can understand it).

When I use the macro it is inside my target document, so it is easy to find
and use. The new potential users are not all savvy to the world of Word and
macros, so I want to make it as easy as possible for them to run this macro.
Ideally, I'd send them a word file that they could just click and open, and
then go back to their own document and run the macro (where the macro
resides in the file I send, but acts on 'activedocument'). In Excel this is
easy because all macros are shown in the macro list, and you can select
macros from other open workbooks. I have (so far) been unable to replicate
this in Word- even when I select to show "All active templates and
documents" on the macro run dialog box, I don't see the macros I have in
other open Word documents at the time.

Is there something I need to do in the workbook containing the code to make
those macros visible in the macro dialog box?

Many thanks,
Keith

 

[Graham Mayor]

Save the macro in a blank document and save that document as a template.
Supply the template to your users and tell your users to copy the template
into the Word startup folder (defined at tools > uptions > file locations >
startup)
See http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm and
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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[KR]

Thank you Graham, I'll give it a try. I was hoping for a solution that
didn't require the more novice (e.g. Word = Notepad) users to have to
interact with too many menu options or have to figure out things like
template directories ...but I guess the ones that are more PC-smart will be
able to figure it out and use the macro, and the rest will just have to do
without...

Thanks again,
Keith

 

[Charles Kenyon]

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.
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Charles 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




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