Keyboard Shortcuts for Macros in Word 2007

[Grappler]

I am grappling with all that's new in Word 2007 and am generally very
impressed, but one problem has so far defeated me. Although I have managed
to transfer my old macros and save them in the Normal template, I cannot save
their keyboard shortcuts. I used the "Word Options - Customize - Keyboard
Shortcuts Customize" link, made certain that my shortcuts had not already
been allocated, assigned them to the respective macro and saved them in the
Normal template. However, when I next run Word, Normal loads as the default
template and all the macros are available, but the shortcuts assigned to them
have disappeared. What am I missing?

 

[Cindy M.]

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I am grappling with all that's new in Word 2007 and am generally very
impressed, but one problem has so far defeated me. Although I have managed
to transfer my old macros and save them in the Normal template, I cannot save
their keyboard shortcuts. I used the "Word Options - Customize - Keyboard
Shortcuts Customize" link, made certain that my shortcuts had not already
been allocated, assigned them to the respective macro and saved them in the
Normal template. However, when I next run Word, Normal loads as the default
template and all the macros are available, but the shortcuts assigned to them
have disappeared. What am I missing?

It works for me...

Do you see a message about whether you want to save changes to Normal.dot when
you exit Word?

How about if you go into the VBA Editor, make sure you're in the Normal project,
then click the Save button there, to explicitly save Normal.dot. Are the
keyboard shortcuts retained?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Grappler]

Cindy,
No, when I exit Word I see no message that "Normal.dot" has been changed.
Nor are the keyboard shortcuts preserved if I save in VBA Editor.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Grappler,

Search to see how many Normal.Dot* files you locate and in what locations. The shortcuts would be saved to Normal.dotm by default.
You may also want to search and recycle files found from Start=>Search using the search string of
~$*.*;*.tmp
prior to starting Word.

To get asked to confirm if you want to make changes to Normal.dotm use the Word 2007 Option setting (Alt, T, O, A) and in Advanced,
scroll down to the 'Save' section and turn on the
[x] Prompt before saving Normal template
choice. Then test by modifying then assigning one shortcut key in Word, then trying it out then closing Word and reopening it.


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Cindy,
No, when I exit Word I see no message that "Normal.dot" has been changed.
Nor are the keyboard shortcuts preserved if I save in VBA Editor.
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Grappler]

Bob,
Thank you. I carried out the searches you recommended: there were no "tmp"
files fitting your description and the only "normal.dot*" template was
".dotm" and in the folder where I had instructed Word to look for my
templates. When I checked the Advanced part of "Word Options" the tick was
already in place against "warn me before saving new version of Normal".
Nevertheless, my computer now asks my permission before saving a new version
of Normal, which it did not before - odd! Finally, the keyboard shortcuts
seem now to be preserved when I reload Word, at least they work as expected,
but when I return to the "keyboard shortcut customize" panel they are still
not shown as already assigned to their respective Macros. Can you explain or
is it Gremlins in my machine?