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WD97: Cannot Record Macro to Set Options in Customize Dialog Box

Article ID: 165096

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q165096

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to record a macro to set options in the Customize dialog box (on the Tools menu, click Customize), the recorded macro is blank.

CAUSE

The only actions recorded when accessing values in the Customize dialog box are:

Adding and deleting toolbars.

-and-

Adding, deleting, moving, or copying toolbar buttons, menu items, and commands.

WORKAROUND

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You can use the following Visual Basic for Applications sample to display large toolbar buttons and ScreenTips on all command bars:

   Sub TurnOnCustomOptions()
     With CommandBars
         .LargeButtons = True
         .DisplayTooltips = True
         .DisplayKeysInTooltips = True
      End With
   End Sub

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

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Microsoft KB Archive/165096

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