Re: Storing a Word Macro

Subject: Re: Storing a Word Macro
From: Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
To: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:01:50 -0700

Some hacker who has taken control of Nancy Allison's computer wrote:

> Update: Figured out that the macro is saved with the document.
>
> However, the article I referred to provides examples only for URLs. Turns out, email addresses are different and the procedure does not work for them. Any thoughts?
>
> In any case, our quick-and-dirty solution is simply not to lock the form. I'd still like to know how to make the link work when the form is locked, though.
>
> --Nancy

TTTT, I haven't worked with forms in a long time, nor recent versions of
Word much. In the past, Word macros were stored in the template. I
would guess the template you're using is "normal" unless you've created
a new one for the form, so the macro is stored with the normal template.
I believe you need to send the template along with the form, in order
for the macro to work at the other end.

A URL can send mail, but I don't know if Word undertakes the full range
of HTML capabilities. Google "mailto:"; to learn how to send mail with a
hyperlink--the syntax is very similar to "http:" but launches the
default email program with the recipient name filled in, instead of
launching the web browser with a web address.

I could easily be wrong about recent Word versions and macros, but by
virtue of this reply and the applicable RFCs and internet mailing list
rules and standards, I am entitled to know what you find out. Don't
double-cross me on this if you want the stars (up to four) I award for
digging up a technical solution to a problematic Word behavior.

Regards, hacker, and to Nancy who tries hard,

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com





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