Word 2004 - Macros embedded in documents

[WesternNovice]

I created some documents on my office Mac with a couple of macros.
didn't want these macros as part of my normal template, so I chose t
embed them in the documents themselves. However, when I download th
documents to my PowerBook, the macros do not appear in the lis
associated with the documents.

I am using the same versions of Word on each machine (Word 2004, 11.1
with the most recent update. When I open the documents, I do get th
macro prompt, and I select enable macros. I've tried usin
Tools|Macros|Organizer but no luck finding them. I had a look a
Documents|Microsoft User Data, but I don't see anything there.

What must I do

 

[WesternNovice]

At work, they also do not appear in Organizer, but they appear in th
document. They are not part of my normal template, because if I ope
other documents, those macros are not present.

Also, as I said, I AM careful to enable macros when I open thes
documents. That's what is so puzzling.

-Mart

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I think you are looking in the wrong place.

Look in Tools | Macros | Macros.... Change the dropdown at the bottom to
the document and you should get a list of macros by name.

Tools | Macros | Organizer, on my computer, shows only the project name (New
Macros by default) and will not show the individual macro names. However,
the macros are actually inside that project.

They will not be in the MS User Data folder, because macros are stored only
inside files, either documents or templates.

 

[WesternNovice]

RIGHT! Even though the dropdown box refers to Macros in "" it does no
list the one embedded in the open document. The dropdown box does no
contain the list of macros, but it does contain the document nam
which, when I click on it, leaves only the internal macro that
wanted.

What is so confusing is that, at work, it is listed among "all activ
templates and documents."

Thanks

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Huh?

The dropdown in Tools | Macro | Macros... isn't supposed to contain the list
of macros, only the list of documents that might be storing macros that are
active.

When you change the dropdown to your open document, the window above the
dropdown should show only the macros stored in that document. You say that
happens, right? As expected, nothing wrong there.

So what is the problem? Does the macro work?

Does the dropdown box really list "" with no text, instead of "all active
templates and documents"? Cause that's a glitch. Does it say that all the
time or only when you have these documents with macros open?

 

[WesternNovice]

Whoops. Pardon my "" typo. I must have hit ^X instead of ^C.
changed my reply.

What I still don't understand is the meaning of "all active template
and documents" if it does not include the open document

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

I don't understand the meaning of it either, but if the macro is there in
the document, and the macro works, I wouldn't particularly worry about it.

Someone else who understands Word at a deeper-than-functional level may have
a better answer for you.

It's also vaguely possible that the macros are listed under a different name
than you expect, as perhaps Word appends the project name to the front.