Mac Word Wizards

[Colin Forbes]

Hi,

Can any one tell me how to create a Word Wizard? I know
who to do this on the PC by renaming the file extention
from .dot to .wiz however this doesn't appear to work on
the Mac. :-(

So I would realy appreciate it if someone would let me
know the secret as to how Word/ the OS knows it is a
wizard file and to execure it upon start up.

Also are there are sites where I would be able for find
more info on Office VB programing for the Mac. There
doesn't appear to be very much info out there about this
topic.

Any help is appreciate.

Colin

 

[Colin Forbes]

Thanks Mat.

I already have the VB stuff down. I've been doing that
for years. It's the part about letting Word know that it
is a wizard as opposed to a regular template that has me
stumpped. How do I let Word know it's a wizard as
changing the extention doesn't seem to apply to the Word
for Mac

Colin

 

[matt neuburg]

Thanks Mat.

I already have the VB stuff down. I've been doing that
for years. It's the part about letting Word know that it
is a wizard as opposed to a regular template that has me
stumpped. How do I let Word know it's a wizard as
changing the extention doesn't seem to apply to the Word
for Mac

I presume it's the file type ('WDX9'). No? m.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

This article suggests the steps that need to be taken:
<http://groups.google.com/groups?q=word+wizard+how+to+make&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-
8&selm=_tbx8.20605%24EK.890530%40e3500-atl1.usenetserver.com&rnum=1>

It appears you must first save as a template with a .dot extension and then
name that file to .wiz

Haven't tried, it though, and am curious if it works.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
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[Colin Forbes]

Hi Jim,

Renaming it does the trick on a PC but when I tried it on
a borrowed Mac it didn't make any difference. So there
must be some other system in place. I check the installed
word wizards and they don't have a file extention. Yet
Word seems to know which are templates and which are
wizards. So what I'm trying to figure out is how Word
knows this and how I can indicate that fact to Word if I
want my template to run as a wizard.

Colin

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

This article suggests the steps that need to be taken:
<http://groups.google.com/groups? q=word+wizard+how+to+make&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-

8&selm=_tbx8.20605%24EK.890530%40e3500-

atl1.usenetserver.com&rnum=1>

It appears you must first save as a template with a .dot extension and then
name that file to .wiz

Haven't tried, it though, and am curious if it works.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info



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Hi,

Can any one tell me how to create a Word Wizard? I know
who to do this on the PC by renaming the file extention
from .dot to .wiz however this doesn't appear to work on
the Mac. :-(

So I would realy appreciate it if someone would let me
know the secret as to how Word/ the OS knows it is a
wizard file and to execure it upon start up.

Also are there are sites where I would be able for find
more info on Office VB programing for the Mac. There
doesn't appear to be very much info out there about this
topic.

Any help is appreciate.

Colin

.

 

[Guest]

I presume it's the file type ('WDX9'). No? m.

Sorry Mat I don't know much about Mac file types or how
to access them to check. PC use the . and a 3 letter
extention but Mac's as I understand don't really use
them. Yet some how the OS & programs like Word seem know
what the files are. How would I access / change this
information on a Mac?

Colin

 

[matt neuburg]

Sorry Mat I don't know much about Mac file types or how
to access them to check. PC use the . and a 3 letter
extention but Mac's as I understand don't really use
them. Yet some how the OS & programs like Word seem know
what the files are. How would I access / change this
information on a Mac?

The easiest way is to download a simple third-party tool. Do a
versiontracker search on "file type creator". m.