Macros in templates

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Hi all,

I have a set of macros which are specifically related to a particular
template document. Before this, the document has been copied and renamed etc
so that the macros within it etc remain with the document.

On a trial, we have attempted to use this document as a mail merge template,
but have found that the macros in the template do not transfer across to the
newly created document, but if you look at it through the VBA editor, they
appear to be 'ghosted' with the document, just not accessible in any way.

Is there any way to have macros in a template remain active and accessible
in a merged document, when the macros absolutely must remain with the
document, and not with the normal.dot file?

Thanks,
 
First, you probably want to put your macros in your document template, not
in normal.dot. When they are in the document template they will remain
available in the documents created from that template so long as the
template stays "attached." It will stay attached unless you change the
location of your templates (such as by changing servers) or email it around.

Second, you can move macros into a document, but that is seldom where you
want them. For them to work from within a document, you must have your macro
security set to medium or digitally sign the macros (seldom done IME).

I just checked and on my system once a merge has been run to a document,
macros in the attached template are not available to run. That is I verified
your problem. What I would do is put the macros in a global template (not
normal.dot) which could be distributed to others using your template. The
macros will then be available. You could also put them on a toolbar, also in
the global template, which your users could access. (I tried putting them on
a custom toolbar in the merge template, but that toolbar was no longer
available once I ran the merge.)

Note to others giving advice, I also tried reattaching the original
template. This did not make the macros or toolbars in the template available
in the merge result document "Letters 1."
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Thank you for confirming what I was seeing, Charles. I was getting a bit
concerned that I might be doing something wrong.

Thank you also for your suggestions, we'll look into final solutions, now we
know what we want isn't possible.

Cheers,
 
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