I don't know that this thread is really "new," but I can't seem to find anything like it by searching, so... [Moderator's note - this was separately posted again in the Word forum. I combined it.]

All of my recorded macros (perhaps only 15 or 20 of them) seem to “’go away” (literally cease to exist) when I reload or save (or both) the document I’m working on. I get the dreaded question about whether I want save changes to the global template, and it doesn't seem to matter whether I answer yes or no. What I’d like to do is store my recorded macros and keyboard customizations in a different template and have it load every time I start MS Word.



What I’m currently doing is, after I find the macro list blank and sigh angrily, going to a copied text version of the VBA file with all the macros in it, copy it, and paste it into the new file (I guess it’s really getting saved in the normal.dotm file) and for the remainder of the session I can still access all my macros, but not the custom keys that I assigned them to.

As I said above, I'd like to have a template that contains all of my macros and customizations, and which loads EVERY time I run MS Word.

Or, alternately, can I somehow attach macros and customizations to a document itself, without getting the global template (which seems accident-prone)?

I'd like some pretty specific instructions about how to do this, if possible, especially regarding how and where to save my new template (rixtemplate.dotc,) how to get my macros and key customizations into it and how to be sure it loads either (1) every time I run Word, or (2) every time I load a specific document to which I attach them.

Aside: For me, as a long-term user of Word, the global template is by far the most frustrating part of working with what is, otherwise, a very decent word processor. I think it would make much more sense to have all shortcuts, macros, key assignments in a single file that could be accessed and modified as needed. Obviously that ship has already sailed, and I'm just on the dock wishin'

Any help would be great and if this post merely exposes my ignorance, it's only because that ignorance is quite real--thanks.
Rick Joslin

Please see https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-...shortcuts.html

Hi Rick,

As I told you yesterday, I moved your post to the vba forum. I have combined your new post into that thread.

Please look at the links I gave you in a previous response. They describe some of the best practices and tell you how to create a Global Template other than the Normal Template . It is not difficult. Such a template supplements the Normal template; it does not replace it. You can have multiple such templates. (I have more than ten that are active and work together.) You should store all of the following in the same template:

1. Macros
2. Keyboard Shortcuts that call those macros
3. Any QAT buttons calling the macros
4. Any building blocks being used by the macros

You can find a number of such global templates in my downloads page under Add-Ins. You would also find a number on Graham Mayor's site and Greg Maxey's site that you can look at.

• Add-Ins
• Microsoft Word Help, Tips and Tutorials @ The Anchorage
• Microsoft Word Tips by Graham Mayor, MVP

Here are two more links that may be helpful:

• Assigning Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2007-2021 (365)
• Modifying the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Microsoft Word