Re: Description in Macros dialog box gives wrong information by default

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From: Greg Maxey (gmaxey_at_whamspammvps.org)
Date: 03/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 02:48:11 GMT

Larry,

I didn't complain about your question. I only pointed out that you answered
it yourself. "Nothing useful to say" is your opinion. If you want
something other than "Macro created this date by user" then change it.
Otherwise let it pass.

Greg Maxey
A peer in "peer to peer" support
Rockledge, FL
To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in gmaxey@whamspammvps.org

Larry wrote:
> Greg,
>
> If you have absolutely nothing useful to say about the matter, which
> is evidently the case, then why waste a single one of your brain
> cells and a single moment of my time making your trivial complaint
> about my question? My intention was to ask a question about Word's
> default behavior and to see if there was a way to change it, not (as
> it appears) disturbing your precious equanimity by "griping" about
> Microsoft.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
>
> "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey@whamspammvps.org> wrote in message
> news:P0q9c.344268$jH.4878853@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
>> Larry,
>>
>> It seems to me that you provided the answer to your own question in
>> your description of the problem.
>>
>> Solution - User input his or her own description.
>>
>> It is no different in Word 2003. After reading your recent thread
>> about AutoFormat, we (or certainly I) already know your gripes with
>> Microsoft. Why would you kill a single brain cell over such a trival
>> issue?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Greg Maxey
>> A peer in "peer to peer" support
>> Rockledge, FL
>> To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in gmaxey@whamspammvps.org
>>
>> Larry wrote:
>>> In the Macros dialog box in Word 97, if the user has not inputted
>>> his own description for a particular macro, the Description box for
>>> that macro will say:
>>>
>>> "Macro created 3/27/04 by [user name]"
>>>
>>> This keeps updating every day. Thus the description for a macro
>>> created months or years ago will say it was created today.
>>>
>>> Is there some way to change this silly default behavior?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Larry

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