WD97: Macro Does Not Insert AutoText Entries with Formatting

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you record and then playback a Visual Basic for Applications macro that inserts formatted AutoText entries, the formatting is not inserted into your document.

CAUSE

Word does not record the RichText argument.

WORKAROUND

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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 




4. In the Visual Basic Editor, on the File menu click Close and Return to Microsoft Word.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

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

Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

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

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug