{"id":6433,"date":"2022-11-17T12:57:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T19:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T17:39:55","slug":"how-to-add-a-macro-to-word-and-its-qat-quick-access-toolbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/how-to-add-a-macro-to-word-and-its-qat-quick-access-toolbar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a Macro to Word and Its QAT (Quick Access Toolbar)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Word's macro features make it possible to turn Word into a lean, mean editing machine. You'll find lots of free editing macros online (see below for some excellent sources). But how can you add a macro to Microsoft Word so it will be available when you need it? Here's the procedure:<\/p>\n

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  1. Copy the text of the macro, starting with the first \u201cSub\u201d and ending with the last \u201cSub.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Click the \u201cView\u201d tab on Microsoft Word\u2019s ribbon.<\/li>\n
  3. Click the \u201cMacros\u201d button.<\/li>\n
  4. Type a name for the macro in the \u201cMacro name\u201d box\u2014probably the name used after the first \u201cSub.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Click the \u201cCreate\u201d button.<\/li>\n
  6. Delete the \u201cSub\u201d and \u201cEnd Sub\u201d lines that Word created in the macro window. The macro window should now be completely empty (unless you already have other macros in there).<\/li>\n
  7. Paste the macro text at the current insertion point.<\/li>\n
  8. Click \u201cFile,\u201d then \u201cClose and Return to Microsoft Word.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To actually use the macro:<\/p>\n

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    1. Place your cursor at the beginning of the document.<\/li>\n
    2. Click the \u201cView\u201d tab on Microsoft Word\u2019s ribbon.<\/li>\n
    3. Click the \u201cMacros\u201d button.<\/li>\n
    4. Click the name of your macro to select it.<\/li>\n
    5. Click the \u201cRun\u201d button. (If you wanted to delete the macro, you could press the \u201cDelete\u201d button instead.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      To put the macro on Word\u2019s QAT (Quick Access Toolbar):<\/p>\n

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      1. Locate the QAT (it\u2019s probably on the top left of your screen either above or below Word\u2019s Ribbon interface).<\/li>\n
      2. Right-click the QAT.<\/li>\n
      3. Click \u201cCustomize Quick Access Toolbar.\u201d<\/li>\n
      4. Under \u201cChoose commands from:\u201d click the dropdown list and select \u201cMacros.\u201d<\/li>\n
      5. Find and select your macro in the list on the left.<\/li>\n
      6. Click the \u201cAdd\u201d button to add it to the QAT.<\/li>\n
      7. Click the \u201cOK\u201d button to finish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Microsoft Word’s macro features make it possible to turn Word into a lean, mean editing machine. You’ll find lots of free editing macros online (see below for some excellent sources). But how can you add a macro to Microsoft Word so it will be available when you need it? Here’s the procedure: Copy the text […]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-customization","7":"category-macros","8":"category-microsoft-word","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gfno-1FL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}