Recording macros

[cantgetit]

Can anyone help I am confused.
trying to record a macro by copying these are the steps I am doing

record macro assign keyboard shortcut
ctrl shift down arrow to select text
ctrl c to copy
ctrl v to past
stop recoring macro button

I must be missing something as it is not working

Can you see what I am missing please

thanks in advance

 

[Graham Mayor]

What is it that you think this macro is supposed to do?

From your description, it selects the text from the cursor to the end of the
current paragraph
It copies the selected text to the clipboard, then pastes it back over the
selection, so while the macro is undoubtedly working, it will not appear to
do anything as the end result will be the same as what you started with
(though you should still have the selected text stored in the clipboard).

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[cantgetit]

What is it that you think this macro is supposed to do?

From your description, it selects the text from the cursor to the end of the
current paragraph
It copies the selected text to the clipboard, then pastes it back over the
selection, so while the macro is undoubtedly working, it will not appear to
do anything as the end result will be the same as what you started with
(though you should still have the selected text stored in the clipboard).

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My web site www.gmayor.com

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Hi Graham

I am trying to insert a recurring paragraph of text into a document with a
keystroke

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In that case, you'd be better advised to use AutoText; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AutoText.htm

 

[cantgetit]

Thanks suzanne but I wish to store many different paragraphs fo rinsertion at
various different stages and the keystroke macro works much better than
autotext for me

 

[Graham Mayor]

Then you need something like

Sub Duplicate_Para()
With Selection
.StartOf Unit:=wdParagraph
.MoveEnd Unit:=wdParagraph
.Copy
.EndKey
.TypeParagraph
.Paste
.Delete
End With
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can store as many AutoText entries as you like and assign a keyboard
shortcut to each one, or you can type the first four letters of the entry
name and press Enter or F3 (depending on version) to insert it.

 

[cantgetit]

Thankyou Graham and Suzane for taking the time to help me I am new to Word
2007, many thanks