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Recording a macro in MS Word
From the menu bar select
'Tools'
then select 'Macro'
and then 'Record new macro'
A dialogue box appears:
give the macro a meaningful name i.e openLetter (note no spaces)
Assign macro to ‘keyboard’
A new dialogue box appears:
In the 'Press new shortcut box enter a shortcut key i.e press and hold 'Ctrl' and '7' - this will make the Ctrl+7 appear in the box and is the shortcut key to operate the macro.
Press the 'Assign' button
Press the 'Close' button
The dialogue box closes.
Cursor changes to a record symbol and Record Stop/Pause dialogue box appears.
Key in what you want the macro to do i.e open a blank page and draw a line.
Click the stop recording button
Your macro is now ready to run
To make it work close the current document and then press Ctrl and 7
If the macro has recorded correctly it should now carry out what you recorded.
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