Microsoft KB Archive/44102

Word: Saving Macro to Reserved Name Loses Macro

PSS ID Number: Q44102 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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Word version 5.5, 6.0
Word prompts for the glossary name and key before the macro is recorded. If a reserved glossary name such as “page” is entered for the macro name, the following error will result:

This is a reserved glossary name

Because the macro is not recorded until a valid name is entered, the situation below does not occur in Word versions 5.5, 6.0.

Word versions 4.0 and 5.0
After recording a macro, Word prompts for a name to assign to the recorded macro. The “Copy:” prompt will copy the recorded macro to the glossary entry name typed after the Copy: prompt.

If a reserved glossary name such as “page” or “date” is entered, Word returns the following error:

Reserved Glossary Name

Word does not prompt with a second Copy: prompt. The macro is not saved and will have to be recorded again.

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