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02-09-2025, 04:51 AM

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Windows 10 macro to backup my VBA/macro text

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Originally Posted by Dr. Rick

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."

So why don't you simply go into the VBE and export the code modules, forms, etc.? No code required. Plus you then also don't need any code to reimport them later.

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