Microsoft KB Archive/123103

Mac Works: Key Command to Start Macro Inserts Character Instead

PSS ID Number: Q123103 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

4.0 4.0a 4.0b

MACINTOSH

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= SYMPTOMS =

When you attempt to run a macro in a Microsoft Works Word Processing document, the macro does not run and a strange character is inserted where the insertion point is currently located in the document.

= WORKAROUND =

To avoid this problem, do either of the following:

  Make sure the insertion point is on a blank line of the document when you run the macro. -or-   Click on any menu item to display the menu, and then release the mouse button. Then, run the macro by pressing Option+. 

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The strange character that is inserted is actually the control (or extended) character for the OPTION+.

For more information, see the “How to…Record a macro” topic in Microsoft Works 4.0 Help. To start Help, choose Microsoft Works 4.0 Help from the Balloon menu.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: mwkswp mwksmacro macworkskb

Additional reference words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00b mac m_works fail garbage macros weird wrong cursor ibeam i-beam i pointer ====================================================================== Version : 4.0 4.0a 4.0b Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.