Re: Convert Macros for use with Mac?

Hi Tom -

I don't have all the answers, but at least I can let you know what those who
*can* answer will need to know:-)

First, if the users are running Word 2008 your first assumption is correct -
Office 2008 does NOT support any version of VBA, so the macros won't run. My
gut reaction is that this is the case here. If so, AppleScript to replace
the code may be an option. OTOH...

If they're using Word 2004 or prior your code will have to be tweaked but it
should run. Mac Office is approximately 1 version behind in VBA, so if the
code was written in a more recent version than what's used on Macs the
differences may cause it to not run at all. That's the part I can't answer
for you, but there are other regulars in the group who can.

They'll need to know Mac Word/Office versions, VBA versions and probably a
copy of the code itself.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac





On 5/6/08 12:54 PM, in article OHQvWn5rIHA.672@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tony"
<|toxendine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|> wrote:

Hi All,

I'll start by saying that I have no experience with Macs, so please be
patient with me...

I've got a Word template that we've pushed out to some of our vendors that
runs a few macros when a new document based on the template is created. Up
until this point we've only had to roll it out to vendors using PCs but now
we have a vendor in a Mac environment who can't use the template. The
vendor creates a new document from the template, is prompted to allow or
disallow macros (he allows them in this instance), and the document is
created but the macros do not run. So, I'm assuming that:

1) The vba code will not work at all
2) I need to tweak the code to work with Word for Mac

In either case, I'm not sure where to start and hope someone can point me in
the correct direction. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Tony



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