(Note: Somehow your first and second post have been split into two separate
threads here - the below is a reply to your second post which cannot
currently be seen in this thread - I posted the same reply in the second
thread...)
Yes, the dot and dotm answer applies. Normal.dot(m) is something special.
In Word 2003 and earlier, you can store macros in documents (.doc) and
templates (.dot).
In files in Word 2007-format, you can store macros in macro-enabled files
only, i.e. .docm (documents) and .dotm (templates) – the file formats .docx
and .dotm cannot contain macros.
However, if you open a .doc document in Word 2007 and if that document
contains macros, the macros will remain in the document as long as you save
it in .doc-format (referred to as “Word 97-2003 documents (*.doc)†in the
Save As dialog box). But depending on your macro security settings, an
AutoOpen macro may not automatically run when you open the document. If your
macro security setting is set to the highest level and if the document is not
stored in a “trusted locationâ€, the macros are disabled. There are four
different levels. If “Disable all macros with notification†is selected, you
should see a security warning just below the Ribbon when you open the
document – you can click the button next to the warning and allow Word to
activate the macros.
In Word 2007, security settings are found here: Office button > Word Options
Trust Center category > click the Trust Center settings button.
I suggest you do this:
In Word 2003, check whether your macro is stored in Normal.dot or in the
document in question. You can, for example, do this as follows:
Press Alt+F8 to open the Macros dialog box. In the “Macos in†field, select
your document. If the macro is now shown in the list, it is found in the
document. If the list is empty, the macro is not found in the document. In
the “Macros in†list, you can now try to select “Normal.dot (global
template)â€. Can you now see the macro? If yes, it is stored in Normal.dot.
You can select it in the list, click “Edit†to open the Visual Basic Editor
(VBE) where you will see the macro. You can then, for example, copy the macro
and paste it into Normal.dotm (the 2007 Normal template).
If the macro is found in the document and if the macro security setting is
preventing it from running, you can either change the security setting (do
not set it the fourth option…). Alternatively, move the macro to e.g.
Normal.dotm. All macros found in Normal.dotm will be available to all
documents in Word 2007.
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Regards
Lene Fredborg - Microsoft MVP (Word)
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word
