Microsoft KB Archive/176174

= OFF97: Unable to Record Adding To Favorites in Open Dialog Box =

Article ID: 176174

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176174



SYMPTOMS
If you click Add To Favorites in the Open dialog box while recording a macro, the program does not record this step.



CAUSE
The Open dialog box does not return the selection of Add to Favorites to the macro recorder, so it is not recorded.



WORKAROUND
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To add a file shortcut to the Favorites folder, you need to manually insert one of the following statements into your recorded macro, where is the name of the file you want to add.

Excel
Worksheets(" ").AddToFavorites

PowerPoint
Presentations(" ").AddToFavorites

Word
Documents(" ").AddToFavorites



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.



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