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Old 02-19-2020, 04:11 PM
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Hi, First time poster so I hope I am including all relevant information.

I have created a simple macro to allow users to click a button which will note the time and date at which they have done to effectively sign off a document. The code I am using is below and has been working fine when deployed:

Public Sub SignOff_Click()

Selection.TypeText Text:=" "
Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="M/d/yyyy", InsertAsField:=True, _
DateLanguage:=wdEnglishUS, CalendarType:=wdCalendarWestern, _
InsertAsFullWidth:=False
Selection.TypeText Text:=" "
Selection.InsertDateTime DateTimeFormat:="hh:mm:ss", InsertAsField:=True, _
DateLanguage:=wdEnglishUS, CalendarType:=wdCalendarWestern, _
InsertAsFullWidth:=False
Selection.TypeText Text:=" "

End Sub

The goal is to have this option display in the ribbon for all users who open the document. I know how to add this to the ribbon using the Options -> Customize Ribbon -> etc. This works fine once it's added in.

The main issue, and I'm not sure if this makes it even possible to do what I want, is that the document must be saved as a .dot format.

I've attached the working document. The EEG shortcuts with Sign Off Now is the button I am looking to add. All associated code with this button seems to be erased each time I reopen.

Alternatively, if anyone has any other ideas to make this work, I would be happy to hear other options.
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File Type: dot 1 Routine EEG ButtonTest_noids.dot (445.0 KB, 7 views)
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Dot format doesn't support Ribbon customisations so even if you were managing to change the ribbon, that won't ever be saved into a .dot template.

Ribbon customisation via the GUI also won't exist on other peoples machines. The GUI only makes customisations to the local machine.

If you saved the template in dotm format, you could add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar and have that saved into the dotm template. This is the best solution for you without spending vast amounts of time learning how to customise a template ribbon.
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That is what I was afraid of but unfortunately it has to be saved as a .dot format.

There are only a few systems this needs to work on so I'm happy to customise each system. Sorry for any ignorance, but how can I use the GUI to keep the macro active each time the document is opened?
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The macro will stay 'active' in a dot file if the users enable macros but you won't be able to add a button on the ribbon or qat to run it.

If you have access to a pre-Word 2007 machine, you can add a button on a toolbar. This will then appear on an 'Addins' tab on Word 2007 and later versions of Word.
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The template in the attachment has the 2003 format toolbar on the Add-ins tab of the ribbon already? I have added your macro and a button to call it to that toolbar, which thus appears on the add-ins tab of more recent versions of Word.
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