I need a macro

[Yaz]

I created a macro in my old version of Word that removed carriage returns from paragraphs. I desperately need this now, as I have moved to a new iMac withOSX10.5 and Office 2008 - which doesn't offer recordable macros - and I have a stack of stuff that needs reformatting. Is there any way I can copy my old macro over? Is there anything else I can do?

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

How did your macro work?

If it used Find and Replace, then there is a pre-built Automator action
for that that you can edit and save more easily than writing a script.

You might also see if the Format | AutoFormat feature helps--I know
using it can sometimes clean up text pasted from an email--experiment a bit.

If neither of those work, say exactly what the macro did, or even paste
the code.

 

[John McGhie]

You can re-install Office 2004 and keep it around for when you need your
macros

Office 2008 does not have ANY macros, recordable or otherwise

Cheers

I created a macro in my old version of Word that removed carriage returns from
paragraphs. I desperately need this now, as I have moved to a new iMac
withOSX10.5 and Office 2008 - which doesn't offer recordable macros - and I
have a stack of stuff that needs reformatting. Is there any way I can copy my
old macro over? Is there anything else I can do?

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[Jools]

John wrote:
Office 2008 does not have ANY macros, recordable or otherwise.

Are you sure about that? I received MacOffice 2008 today and the Extras menu has a Macros command containing a large number of working macros (German version). They are not recordable, though, so it seems.

 

[Jools]

yaz, possibly this may be of interest to you:

<http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/applescript-code-for-microsoft-office-2008/>

 

[Yaz]

This is great. Thank you John, Daiya and.Jools, Jools that link was spot on. I will try it out later and let you know how it worked.

 

[John McGhie]

Yes. I am quite certain.

Microsoft Office 2008 contains no VBA compiler/interpreter. So: No macros
at all, recordable or not, in any of the applications.

The dialog box you are referring to was supposed to be labelled "Commands".
It was a bug, but not important enough to delay release of the product.

Office 2008 does have AppleScript.

Hope this helps

John wrote:
Office 2008 does not have ANY macros, recordable or otherwise.

Are you sure about that? I received MacOffice 2008 today and the Extras menu
has a Macros command containing a large number of working macros (German
version). They are not recordable, though, so it seems.

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Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
http://jgmcghie.fastmail.com.au/
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia