Since Word keeps arbitrarily and apparently randomly losing my macros, I am trying to record a macro that will, after going to "edit" in the list macros window, highlight all the text, copy it, exit and paste and save this to a blank document as a "backup."


When I'm in a document and go to the macro list window, the edit choice has a line under the "E", which makes selecting it easy (I can either click on it, or press Alt-E) When I try to do this from the environment of "record a macro", the underline under the "E" is significantly, GONE and prevents me from getting into and saving the macros.


I will happily accept charity (i.e., someone writing me such a macro), but it's fine if someone wants to tell me how to write one. HELP


It seems that Word knows what I want to do and is purposefully thwarting me at every turn. Yes, it's what the shrinks would call paranoid thinking.