Nov 07, 2018  I've been running MS Office for Mac 2008 on the same laptop (a MacBook Pro) since 2010. I'm running OSX 10.6.8 and have installed the most recent software updates for Office. Two days ago, a propos of nothing, Word began to crash as soon as I attempted to open it.

In Word, Macros are stored in modules that can be located in documents or templates and templates can be stored in either the templates folder in which case they are used by selecting New from the File menu and then selecting the template that you want to use as the basis for the document that you are creating, or they can be stored in the Word Startup folder in which case, when Word is started, the template is loaded as an Add-in. When a template is stored in the templates folder, the macros that the template contains are available for use with all documents created from that template (as long as the documents are opened on a machine on which that template is installed). With templates stored in the Word Startup folder, the macros in the template are available for use with all documents on the machine. Templates stored in a document are available only for use with that particular document and while the macros will travel with the document, you cannot guarantee that the recipient of the document will be able to use the macros as, if their macro security level is set to High, the macros will be disabled without the user having to do anything. If the Security level is set to Medium, the user will be given the option of allowing or dis-allowing the macros. These security levels are the ones in effect on the recipients machine and cannot be changed by code in the document. In versions of Word before 2007, there was no distinction between documents (*.doc) and templates (*.dot) that contained macros and those that did not.

From Word 2007, documents and templates that do not contain macros have a docx and dotx file extension respectively and those that do contain macros have docm and dotm extensions respectively. When you create a macro in Word, if you do not specifically select where the macro is to be created, it will be created in the Normal.dot or Normal.dotm template (depending upon your version of Word).

See the article 'What do Templates and Add-ins store?” at: and 'What do I do with macros sent to me by other newsgroup readers to help me out?” at: For the way in which to distribute macros, see the article 'Distributing macros to other users” at: -- Hope this helps. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org Posted via the Community Bridge 'LouOttawa' wrote in message news:f01-495a-b263-fe93564594b8@communitybridge.codeplex.com. Best online games for mac 2018.

1) When I create an Excel or Word module and enter code into it, I understand that that creates a macro. But where is that macro stored? I mean, is it available to all workbooks and documents from there on in? Or must it be recreated in each? For MS Word is it placed in the Normal.dot file and then used in all documents from there? 2) Is it possible to create an installation program ( using an MS installer) to 'install' the macros for Excel, Word? Doug Robbins - Word MVP dkr[atsymbol]mvps[dot]org.

In Word, Macros are stored in modules that can be located in documents or templates and templates can be stored in either the templates folder in which case they are used by selecting New from the File menu and then selecting the template that you want to use as the basis for the document that you are creating, or they can be stored in the Word Startup folder in which case, when Word is started, the template is loaded as an Add-in. When a template is stored in the templates folder, the macros that the template contains are available for use with all documents created from that template (as long as the documents are opened on a machine on which that template is installed). With templates stored in the Word Startup folder, the macros in the template are available for use with all documents on the machine. Templates stored in a document are available only for use with that particular document and while the macros will travel with the document, you cannot guarantee that the recipient of the document will be able to use the macros as, if their macro security level is set to High, the macros will be disabled without the user having to do anything. If the Security level is set to Medium, the user will be given the option of allowing or dis-allowing the macros.

These security levels are the ones in effect on the recipients machine and cannot be changed by code in the document. In versions of Word before 2007, there was no distinction between documents (*.doc) and templates (*.dot) that contained macros and those that did not. From Word 2007, documents and templates that do not contain macros have a docx and dotx file extension respectively and those that do contain macros have docm and dotm extensions respectively. When you create a macro in Word, if you do not specifically select where the macro is to be created, it will be created in the Normal.dot or Normal.dotm template (depending upon your version of Word). See the article 'What do Templates and Add-ins store?” at: and 'What do I do with macros sent to me by other newsgroup readers to help me out?” at: For the way in which to distribute macros, see the article 'Distributing macros to other users” at: -- Hope this helps.