Syntax Error Using the FormatFoldOverBooklet Macro

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

If you run the FormatFoldOverBooklet macro from the Supplemental Macros for Word Application Note (WD1025), Word may post a WordBasic syntax error when you click the Set Document Margins button.

This is a known problem with the FormatFoldOverBooklet macro. To correct the syntax error, edit the FormatFoldOverBooklet macro as follows:

1. Open the APPNOTE1.DOT from your <WinWord>\MACROS subdirectory.

2. From the Tools menu, choose Macro. Select the FormatFoldOverBooklet and choose the Edit button.

3. From the Edit menu, choose Find. Type "If File" (without the quotation marks) in the Find What edit box. Choose the Find Next button.

   The following instruction should be found:

         If FilePageSetup .LeftMargin = dlg3.LeftMargin, .RightMargin
   

4. Delete "If" from the beginning of the FilePageSetup statement.

5. From the File menu, choose Close. Choose to save changes to the FormatFoldOverBooklet macro.

6. From the File menu, choose Close and save changes to the APPNOTE1.DOT file.