Networking Office Macros Help needed

[Chris G]

I am trying to configure office to share macros in a large
environment but have run into several stumbling blocks.
Here is what I want to do

- Have a central area on a network drive where macros are
stored
- have all users access those macros for use
- have 3-4 users with write access to change/add macros

problem is the normal.dot cannot be shared like that, if
someone has word open on a shared normal.dot it locks it
into read only mode.

I realize that multiple .dot files can be created but that
is a very cumbersome way to work with macros, specifically
since we have close to 1000 macros right now (in Word
Perfect)

am I missing something? is there no way to easily share
these macros??

 

[Dave Lett]

Hi Chris,

You should _not_ use Normal.dot to distribute your macros. Instead, create a
global template that you can distribute to your users; have a look at the
article "Distributing macros to other users" at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm

HTH,
Dave