Re: Macro shortcut keys in Word 2007 template don't work


• Alt-Shift-B (my old insert bullets macro imported from Word 2003): works
as expected
• Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus, Alt-Shift-B: Current Keys shows nothing (not expected),

How have you imported it? I can't duplicate this aspect of what you say. As for the rest ...

Seems like something’s busted here.

Yup!

Not much more to say!

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Tony

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"almeck" <almeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A282A97E-1F15-4C0F-BDBA-36CC196F780D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus, eh? Cool, never knew about that (called “Customize
Macro”, I Googled).

Here are the results I get:

• Ctrl-W: works as expected
• Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus, Ctrl-W: Current keys shows Ctrl-W (as expected) and
Commands shows it’s assigned to my template macro (as expected)
• Office Button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcuts >
Category=Macros > select my template macro, Current Keys shows nothing (not
expected)

• Alt-Shift-B (my old insert bullets macro imported from Word 2003): works
as expected
• Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus, Alt-Shift-B: Current Keys shows nothing (not expected),
Commands shows nothing (not expected)
• Office Button > Word Options > Customize > Keyboard Shortcuts >
Category=Macros > select my template macro, Current keys shows nothing (not
expected)

Seems like something’s busted here.


"Tony Jollans" wrote:

> 3) However, with the newly re-booted and working Word, I have noticed > that
> NO shortcut keys are shown as assigned in Customize > Keyboard > shortcuts.

None at all? What do you get when you press Ctrl+Alt+NumPlus, and then
Ctrl+W?

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"almeck" <almeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2CB0E312-DF2A-4F6A-9949-DA8923895C48@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Well Tony, I just composed a lengthy reply (thanking you for your > comments
> below), posted it, and got a "post didn't happen" message.
>
> So, here's a quick summary:
>
> 1) You are right, the shortcuts in the template SHOULD be instantly
> available upon merely loading the template. In fact, I believe that > was
> the
> case a couple of days ago, but then it stopped working yesterday.
>
> 2) My PC (XP) has been on and intensively used for the last week. 20
> minutes ago, I opened Word and the Office Button wouldn't work! I
> performed
> an overdue reboot, and now the shortcuts work as you describe below.
>
> 3) However, with the newly re-booted and working Word, I have noticed > that
> NO shortcut keys are shown as assigned in Customize > Keyboard > shortcuts.
> Not only don't I see the ctrl-W shortcut (from the template) as > assigned
> to a
> macro, the many shortcut keys I had assigned in Word 2003 a) STILL > WORK,
> but
> b) are not shown assigned to anything. Of course, I forget exactly how > I
> migrated my Word 2003 Normal.dot to Word 2007's Normal.dotm, but I'm
> guessing
> however I did it might be the cause of the
> working-but-not-shown-as-assigned
> shortcuts. But what about my template's ctrl-W shortcut: shouldn't I > be
> seeing it as assigned (to the template macro that it successfully
> invokes)?
>
> I realize this is another problem that you may not wish to respond to,
> but,
> in any case, your insistence that things should work as you describe > below
> helped me push foward to the reboot/fix. Thanks!
>
> Al
>
> "Tony Jollans" wrote:
>
>> In a word: "No"! You seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions that >> are,
>> almost, wholly false.
>>
>> When you have a template in Word's Startup folder, it will be loaded >> as a
>> global template. This means that all the macros in it are available to
>> use,
>> (but not to edit). You don't have to do anything else to make things
>> work.
>> If you have a shortcut key assigned, in the template, to a macro in >> the
>> template, it should work; if it doesn't, you have something set up
>> wrongly.
>> My first guess would be that you have the key assignment stored in
>> Normal,
>> rather than in your global template.
>>
>> -- >> Enjoy,
>> Tony
>>
>> www.WordArticles.com
>>
>> "almeck" <almeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5C091FB5-2B96-4784-945A-26FD6435E642@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > OK, so here's what I've learned:
>> >
>> > Putting a template in Word's Startup folder will "load" it as a
>> > "Global"
>> > template upon Word opening. BUT, you have to take steps to use
>> > anything
>> > in
>> > it (so far, it's just "available"). There is only(?) one wat to >> > "get"
>> > to
>> > stuff that's in a template: You must "attach" the template (via
>> > Developer
>> > >
>> > Document Template > "Attach" and browse to Word's Startup folder to
>> > find
>> > it
>> > to attach). After attaching, any keyboard shortcuts that been >> > assigned
>> > in
>> > the template will become active.
>> >
>> > If you want to obviate the need to re-attach the template everytime >> > you
>> > open
>> > Word, (after attaching the template and making the template's macros
>> > accessible) you could create keyboard shortcuts that match those in >> > the
>> > template. These shortcuts will be stored in Normal.dotm (which will >> > be
>> > checked first when a shortcut key is pressed). Thereafter, upon
>> > opening
>> > Word, the keyboard shortcuts you duplicated (now in Normal.dotm) >> > will
>> > fire
>> > off the macros in the loaded template (even though you haven't >> > manually
>> > attached it).
>> >
>> > "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If you see "[unassigned]" in the dialog box, the Ctrl+W shortcut
>> >> hasn't
>> >> been
>> >> properly assigned to the macro.
>> >>
>> >> Also, note that if you are attaching the template to a certain
>> >> document,
>> >> you
>> >> don't need to load the template as an add-in.
>> >>
>> >> In fact, attaching and loading are used for different purposes: >> >> When
>> >> you
>> >> load a template as an add-in, your goal is to get global access to >> >> its
>> >> macros, building blocks, and keyboard shortcuts. When you attach a
>> >> template,
>> >> you want access to those items for a particular document (or a
>> >> particular
>> >> set of documents).
>> >>
>> >> In addition, attaching gives you access to style definitions, >> >> assuming
>> >> that
>> >> you choose "Update document styles" in the Templates and Add-Ins
>> >> dialog
>> >> box.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Stefan Blom
>> >> Microsoft Word MVP
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "almeck" <almeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:49DC6BDD-9CC6-48E2-BECD-331BA17ACD69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Thanks for replying, Stefan.
>> >> >
>> >> > I believe there are no other macros assigned to the key I >> >> > specified
>> >> > (ctrl-W)
>> >> > in the loaded-at-startup template. As a test, I chose a macro at
>> >> > random
>> >> > (in
>> >> > a blank doc) and tried to assign ctrl-W to it. I get "currently
>> >> > assigned
>> >> > to
>> >> > [unassigned]", which I take as proff that ctrl-hasn't been >> >> > assigned
>> >> > to
>> >> > anything.
>> >> >
>> >> > My goal is to wake upin a new Word doc, type ctrl-W, and have >> >> > that
>> >> > macro
>> >> > run. After further investigation, I see that my .dot file is
>> >> > *loaded*,
>> >> > but
>> >> > not *attached*. Once I attach it (via Developer Template), >> >> > *then*
>> >> > ctrl-W
>> >> > works as hoped.
>> >> >
>> >> > So, I guess now my question is:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1) Given that I've got the .dot file *loaded* upon Word opening,
>> >> > 2) how do/can I cause that template to be *attached* >> >> > automatically
>> >> > upon
>> >> > Word
>> >> > opening?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> This sounds like a conflict of key assignments. The keyboard
>> >> >> shortcut
>> >> >> for
>> >> >> your macro could be assigned to something else in the current
>> >> >> document
>> >> >> (or
>> >> >> its attached template), in which case the latter will take
>> >> >> precedence.
>> >> >> If
>> >> >> you look in the Customize Keyboard dialog box, does that give a
>> >> >> clue
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> what
>> >> >> is happening?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -- >> >> >> Stefan Blom
>> >> >> Microsoft Word MVP
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "almeck" <almeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:8601D387-97DF-48E7-97B7-0E8E27DF03DA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >I have placed a .dot file template in Word's (2007) Startup >> >> >> >folder
>> >> >> >so
>> >> >> >that
>> >> >> > the macros it contains will be available whenever I run Word. >> >> >> > My
>> >> >> > intent
>> >> >> > was
>> >> >> > also that the shortcut keys that have been assigned to the >> >> >> > macros
>> >> >> > (in
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > .dot file that's being loaded at Startup) would also work: >> >> >> > they
>> >> >> > don't.
>> >> >> > The
>> >> >> > file, though, is loaded as expected (as can be seen via >> >> >> > Developer
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > Document
>> >> >> > Template).
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > However, if I remove the template file from Word's Start up
>> >> >> > folder,
>> >> >> > restart
>> >> >> > Word, and *manually* load the .dot template (from its "home" >> >> >> > in
>> >> >> > Trusted
>> >> >> > Templates), the shortcut keys *do* work.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thoughts?
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