Is macro AutoNew.Main activated in Windows 7? (It is in XP.)

[Bill OnTheLakeHSV]

I use AutoNew to automatically put (1) file name, (2) my initials, (3) Date
saved, and (4) Date printed in the footer when I make a new document in
WORD. It worked fine in XP but not at all here.
I haven't figured out how to get the "About" information yet but the
computer is new so WORD should be current.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Why not create a template that contains those items and then use File>New
and select that template for the documents that you want to create.

I would not recommend inserting those items (or anything) in the header or
footer of the Normal.dot template.

That notwithstanding, an autonew macro will work in Windows 7. What you
will probably find however is that the Normal.dot template that is being
used by Word is not the one that was being used under Windows XP as the
location of the default user templates folder in Windows 7 (and Vista) is
different from that in Windows XP. It is now located in

c:\Users\[User Name]\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

whereas for XP, it was

c:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

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Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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