Macros in Footers

[lal]

I find that when making a macro, some keystrokes do not
take. For instance, while in a footer, you can't take
off "Same as Previous" or change the format of page
numbers or PageSetup, Layout, Different First Page. It
seems that any kind of setup in a footer does not work.
When I use the same keystrokes without making a macro,
they all come together fine.

Is that something you can't do anything about?

 

[Dave Lett]

Hi,

I assume that you're writing about the macro recorder. The macro recorder is
a good learning tool, but it is also very limited. Most of the time it
records more than everything you need. However, sometimes, it won't record
what you want. It's a blunt tool for learning the properties and methods of
objects that you're not really familiar with.

HTH,
Dave

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Yes, it is something that you can't do anything about ... except to learn
some vba and write / edit your macros. The macro recorder is _not_ a
keystroke recorder. It is an imperfect macro writer using vba. While I often
use it as a starting place for macros, I seldom use one as-is.

Headers and footers are a step beyond ordinary macros because they are in a
different "story range" than your main document. The same as previous
setting is a section formatting option, as are page setup and layout.
--

Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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