I used to have some templates which were created by a user before me. The templates worked only on the oldest workstation in the network which is running NT 4. This is a workstation i did not add to the new W2K domain until recently. After adding to the domain, the user's templates were moved and the macros no longer work. Can somone help me?
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Macros in Word 2000
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PeterMoran
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Hi 1901,
The most likely reason you have had no replies is that you do not appear to have described your problem very clearly.
You have mentioned Word templates, but no details of the version of Word they previously ran successfully on, and what version of Word you are now trying to run them on, assuming it is a later version you are now trying to use.
If you install a later version of Word or Office on a PC, the install process for Word looks for existing templates and attempts to convert them to the current version to cover changes which have occurred in VBA (WordBasic was used prior to Word97 and may still generally work) with the new version. It is certainly not given that templates with code will run on a new version. Unless the code is very simple you may assume they will not.
Given this, if you can be more specific about exactly what you have and what you want to do, we will try to assist you with a solution to your problems.
Good Luck!
Peter Moran
The most likely reason you have had no replies is that you do not appear to have described your problem very clearly.
You have mentioned Word templates, but no details of the version of Word they previously ran successfully on, and what version of Word you are now trying to run them on, assuming it is a later version you are now trying to use.
If you install a later version of Word or Office on a PC, the install process for Word looks for existing templates and attempts to convert them to the current version to cover changes which have occurred in VBA (WordBasic was used prior to Word97 and may still generally work) with the new version. It is certainly not given that templates with code will run on a new version. Unless the code is very simple you may assume they will not.
Given this, if you can be more specific about exactly what you have and what you want to do, we will try to assist you with a solution to your problems.
Good Luck!
Peter Moran
"the install process for Word looks for existing templates and attempts to convert them to the current version to cover changes which have occurred"
It does?
I never hoid of such a thang!
Anyway, try first opening the templates directly from the new Word version and then saving it in this updated version. THEN, you can try the File-New thing. Anne Troy
It does?
I never hoid of such a thang!
Anyway, try first opening the templates directly from the new Word version and then saving it in this updated version. THEN, you can try the File-New thing. Anne Troy
PeterMoran
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Hi Dreamboat,
Thanks for updating my information.
My understanding - not explained very clearly - was that at least if the new version of Word finds an existing normal.dot when it first runs, there is a conversion process performed. As you indicated this also occurs when when any templates are first opened in Word.
Regards,
Peter Moran
Two heads are always better than one!!
Thanks for updating my information.
My understanding - not explained very clearly - was that at least if the new version of Word finds an existing normal.dot when it first runs, there is a conversion process performed. As you indicated this also occurs when when any templates are first opened in Word.
Regards,
Peter Moran
Two heads are always better than one!!
OIC!
Yes, I do believe you are prompted to first save it in the newer version.
However, some people's definition of template is not necessarily Word's definition, i.e., DOT file... as I'm sure you know.
Macros no longer work? I suspect they were stored in the normal.dot file and not in the templates... especially since they "worked only on the oldest workstation in the network", which means they likely ran in that PCs normal.dot file....regardless of the Word version.
Think, Pete? Anne Troy
Yes, I do believe you are prompted to first save it in the newer version.
However, some people's definition of template is not necessarily Word's definition, i.e., DOT file... as I'm sure you know.
Macros no longer work? I suspect they were stored in the normal.dot file and not in the templates... especially since they "worked only on the oldest workstation in the network", which means they likely ran in that PCs normal.dot file....regardless of the Word version.
Think, Pete? Anne Troy
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