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AskWoody LoungerIn order to fix the problem, I used both AutoOpen and AutoNew. Is that the only way to do it?
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerI found out and called it autonew. It works, but I want to know if this is the best way to go. Will it still be executed after creating a document in that template and opening it later?
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerAs far as I understand, it seems like when I assigned the macro to the menu, I did not do it in normal.dot. I have been told if I did it in normal.dot, I would not have any problem. Am I correct?
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AskWoody LoungerI did not store them in normal.dot. I store them in another template. I want to know if I copy normal.dot from one computer to anothere, will that erase any macro stored in normal.dot in the second computer.
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AskWoody LoungerIf I save the change in normal.dot and copy it to another computer. Should that replace normal.dot from the other computer. I assume, I want to update normal.dot from the other computer, not replace. If I replace it, about macros that were already in normal.dot are there going to get deleted?
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AskWoody LoungerCan you point out the dictionary dictionary developers link from MS website?
thank you
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerI thought it was possible to use Word Macro in Outlook since there is an option to select Word as the editor. What I will do, I will write some macro especially for Outlook. I will modify the macros.
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerHoward, it looks like you said the built in menu could be edited or changed, but how? You also stated that I could get permission from Microsoft to edit the .lex file. I will be looking to that. As far as I know, it seems like the .lex file is not 100% owned by Microsoft. If you try to open it in text mode, you can see that it is copyrighted by another company. Here is the text I get from the header.
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AskWoody LoungerI also understand that editing the .lex file is not possible. It is also proprietary. Am I correct?
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerThank you very much for all of the posts. I thought it was going to be possible.
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerThis is the same article you are looking at. The reason I am referring to it, because I want to solve a complex problem. Here is what I want to do. I don
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WSvbauser
AskWoody LoungerThe original article did not give any instruction on how to clear it.
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