WD97: Document Macro Shortcut Key Assignments Won't Print

ID: Q161001

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Word will not print shortcut key assignments for macros stored in a Word document.

WORKAROUND

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To print the active document's keyboard shortcut assignments for macros, create the following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications sample macro.

Macro to Print Shortcut Key Assignments for Macros


   Sub GetKBSC()
      Dim KeyList As String
      Dim DocName As String
      KeyList = ""
      Application.ScreenUpdating = False
      CustomizationContext = ActiveDocument
      DocName = ActiveDocument.Name
      For x = 1 To KeyBindings.Count
         KeyList = KeyList + KeyBindings(x).KeyString + Chr(9) + _
            KeyBindings(x).Command + Chr(10)
      Next x
      Application.Documents().Add
      Selection.InsertAfter UCase(DocName) + Chr(13) + Chr(13) + KeyList
      Application.PrintOut Background:=0
      ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

Shortcut key assignments can be defined for macros that are stored in a Word document.

Defining a Macro Shortcut Key Assignment in a Word Document

To define a macro shortcut key assignment in a Word document, follow these steps:

Open the document that contains macros with shortcut key assignments.

On the Tools menu, click Customize.

Click Keyboard.

The Customize Keyboard dialog box opens.

In the "Save changes in" box, click to select the document that contains the macros you want to assign a shortcut key to.

Under Categories, click to select Macros. Under Macros, click to select the macro name.

NOTE: If the selected macro has a shortcut key already assigned, the shortcut key assignment will be displayed in the Current Keys box.

In the "Press new shortcut key" box, type the shortcut keys you want to use with the selected macro, and then click Assign.

Click Close twice.

Word does not print macro shortcut key assignments that are stored in a document. However, Word does print macro shortcut key assignments that are stored in a template.

Printing Shortcut Key Assignments

To print shortcut key assignments, follow these steps:

Open a document based on the template that contains the shortcut key assignments.

On the File menu, click Print.

In the Print dialog box, in the Print What list, click to select Key Assignments, and then click OK.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q122230 How to Generate a List of Keyboard Commands for Word

Additional query words: programmatically keystroke key commands quick short cut accelerator hot hotkey

Keywords : kbprint kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample kbwordvba
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug