I have been tasked with updating old templates for use in Word 2010. Some may have been made before Word 2003 and some were even made in WordPerfect.

First, some of them open with userforms. When I try to work with the userform in VBA, it simply isn’t there. How can I view and change the userform? Are they invisible because the template is so old or are the templates secured in some way?

Second, can I simply save the templates as macro-enabled documents and then update them as necessary, rather than creating new templates in Word 2010? What are the risks involved in that? Must I re-create all of the userforms and styles in a new template?



I would attach one of the templates, but I'm told it's an invalid file.

I am making these for Word 2010, 32-bit, running on Windows 7. I am working on Word 2013 running on Windows 7.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers, Bill

You can attach a template by adding it to a zip archive, then uploading that.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Thanks for the tip.

Bill

Attached Files

Example template.zip (26.1 KB, 11 views)

Your userform is created on the fly by the old WordBasic code in the template's 'AutoNew' module. WordBasic is still supported (even in Office 2013), so there's no need to change the code if it's still doing what you want. To use it with the new .dotm template format, simply re-save the template in that format. Alternatively, you could export the code module and re-import it into a new dotm template.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Hey Paul,

Thanks very much. Your answer is enlightening and it reassures me.

Cheers, Bill