Running Macros

Although each of the Office applications offers myriad ways to run macros, three simple methods in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, and FrontPage will get you going:

  • Choose Tools, Macro, Macros to open the Macros dialog box, which contains a list of all currently available macros. Use this technique for macros you run only infrequently.

  • Before you start recording a macro, you can choose to assign the macro to a menu (Word only) or a specific key combination (Word or Excel).

  • After recording a macro, you can assign it to a menu, a toolbar button, or a key combination.

→ For details on setting up macros as menu items, see "Customizing Built-In Menus".

In addition, you can set macros to run each time you start an application. ...

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