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Top 100 Useful Excel Macro VBA Codes Examples. Macro codes can save you a ton of time. You can automate small as well as heavy tasks with VBA codes. (Visual Basic for Applications) language. The idea behind using a macro code is to automate an action which you perform manually in Excel, otherwise. Word Macro-Enabled Document (.docm) The XML-based document format that preserves VBA macro code. VBA macros run in Word 2016 for Mac and Word for Mac 2011, but they do not run in Word 2008. Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm) Saves the document as an XML-based template that preserves VBA macro code.
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Last update: October 2019
Applicability: Word 365, 2019, 2016; Windows and MAC OS X operating systems.
Here’s a question from a reader::
I am a teacher and I am using Word 2019 to write important documents. I repeatedly need to change the font and size of my document paragraphs. Is there a way to automate my work with Macros, so i can modify my document paragraph with a one click? I am sure this is going to save me a couple of hours per week, which i’ll gladly invest in other tasks.
Thanks for your question. The key advantage of Macros is that they allow you automate your tasks in Microsoft Office applications. Macros can be either recorded or manually coded using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Word ships a Macro recorder that allows you to develop automation scripts without coding. If you are just starting out with automation, this might be a good enough solution. That said, with a little bit of VBA knowledge, you can write efficient and powerful Macros.
Enabling the developer tab in Word
If you don’t see the Developer tab in your Microsoft Word Ribbon, you’ll need to setup your Macro development environment.
Recording aWord Macro – a practical example
Save your work in a Word Macro enabled template
Executing your macro
Assigning your Macro to Buttons or keyboard shortcuts
Note: This is an optional step that should be attempted after you have followed the Macro recording tutorial above.
OK, so far we got our Macro basics working. Now it’s time to improve a bit our Macro usability in the Word doc. Let me show you how you can associate your Macro with a quick access button, so you can launch it more easily.
Note: You are able to associate your Word Macro not only with quick access buttons but also with command buttons embedded in your document and specific custom keyboard shortcuts.
Creating Word Macros using VBA
With some simple Visual Basic for Applications coding skills we can edit the macros and write programs to automate various kinds of works using VBA.
Aside Note: FYI – some of the Microsoft Office applications, such as Powerpoint and Outlook, do not have built in macro recorders. Therefore, writing VBA is mandatory for writing Powerpoint macros and automating Outlook.
Useful Word Macro examples
Since publishing this tutorial, many readers asked for more in depth examples of Word Macros. So here we go with the first batch.
Create and Save New Document
Note: When creating new documents, you are able to specify the template (.dotm/.dotx files) you would like to use. Templates are typically stored at: C:Users<your_user_name>AppDataRoamingMicrosoftTemplates
Open a documentClosing one/all open documentsInserting header and footer
This code sets the header and footer of your Word document first page.
Additional Word Macro ideas
Here are a few more ideas which we’ll be posting in the upcoming future.
This concludes our tutorial for today. As you just saw, there is a lot to be done with the Word macro recorder and VBA Macros in Word. In case you are looking for more specific help that goes beyond the scope of this tutorial, kindly contact us via our contact form.
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