Correct editing/formatting steps of publishing?

[Guest]

Our office publishes reports that are formatted with macros in Word. The
editors in their zeal to see an end product submit reports too early (lots of
change yet to make) in the process, which then causes problems with the
macro. I would like to present to them the proper steps before the product
should be formatted using the macro for the end result, but am not able to
find anything to answer my question on the web.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

You probably can't find anything to answer your question because most people
don't use macros for formatting--I personally wouldn't trust macros to
format my documents. I think it's more common to set up preformatted
templates for editors to use.
Re templates, see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm

If you are using macros to select text and apply formatting, you probably
need to modify the macro so that it first clears all existing formatting and
then applies its own formatting. Ask in a programming group about how to do
that (links below), or talk to the person who wrote the macro in the first
place.

Furthermore, this sentence of yours:

I would like to present to them the proper steps before the product
should be formatted using the macro for the end result,

Doesn't really make any sense to me. A better explanation of what type of
formatting you mean and what the macro does, plus stating the Word version,
*might* get you more useful assistance.

Re modifying macros:

Requests for help writing code for macros are best directed to a group that
specializes in Word VBA, aka Word Programming, for instance:

[you may need to re-wrap these URLs if they are not clickable]

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.pu
blic.word.vba.general&lang=en&cr=US

If just beginning with macros, this group is for beginners:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=micros
oft.public.word.vba.beginners&lang=en&cr=US