recovering floating macro recording stop button

[Guest]

hi all,

office 2003 sp1, windows xp pro sp2,

help, disaster! at the end of a macro recording session in powerpoint, i
accidentally click on x rather than the square stop. now if i record another
macro, the floating stop button does not appear anymore. i tried going
through View -> Toolbars -> Customize but could not locate the stop button to
make it appear again. any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.

thank you,
jes

 

[Luc]

You can stop the recording by going to Tools - Macro - and select stop
recording.
Or you can rightclick next to the toolbars and choose stop recording in the
list of toolbars that should bring your stopbutton back
Works here for me.

Luc Sanders (MVP - Powerpoint)

 

[Guest]

Thank you Luc for your help. I think anxiety, frustration and panic is
creeping in what with me trying to mess with macros. Your suggestion worked.

Regards,
jes

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

help, disaster! at the end of a macro recording session in powerpoint, i

accidentally click on x rather than the square stop. now if i record another
macro, the floating stop button does not appear anymore. i tried going
through View -> Toolbars -> Customize but could not locate the stop button to
make it appear again. any help/advise would be greatly appreciated.

Good one ... I'd call that a bug. We'll let you name it.

Here's how to fix it:

Make the Visual Basic toolbar visible if it isn't already there.
Start recording another macro.
NOW you can choose View, Toolbars and you'll see "Stop Recording" on the list of
toolbars. Click it once to put a checkmark next to it and you're done.

All better.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Steve. Precisely what Luc had suggested.

jes

 

[Guest]

Good one ... I'd call that a bug. We'll let you name it.

Here's how to fix it:

Make the Visual Basic toolbar visible if it isn't already there.
Start recording another macro.
NOW you can choose View, Toolbars and you'll see "Stop Recording" on the list of
toolbars. Click it once to put a checkmark next to it and you're done.

All better.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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Thank you, you are a life saver, I have been needing to record macros with relative references and this was the only way I could find to record them. I had done the same as Jes, hitting the x instead of the stop button.
Sandy

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

relative references and this was the only way I could find to record them. I had
done the same as Jes, hitting the x instead of the stop button.

I'm glad that helped. And since it's happened more than once, I've added it here:

Macro recorder toolbar disappears
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00821.htm

Thanks for letting me know!