WD97: Macro Does Not Insert AutoText Entries with Formatting

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

You recorded a macro that inserts formatted AutoText entries, but when you when you run the macro, the formatting is not inserted into your document.

CAUSE

Word does not record the RichText argument.

RESOLUTION

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To edit the macro:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.

2. Select the recorded macro, and then click Edit.

3. Look for the line that inserts the AutoText entry. For example:

         NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("test").Insert Where:=Selection.Range
   

   Change the statement above to the following:

         NormalTemplate.AutoTextEntries("test").Insert _
            Where:=Selection.Range , RichText:=True
   
   

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications