How to run sample code from Knowledge Base articles in Office 2000

To Create a New Macro

1. Open or Create a template in the Office application you are using.

2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Macros.

3. In the Macros In list, select the Word template or document where you want to save the macro.

4. In the Macro Name box, type a name for the macro.

5. Click Create to open the Visual Basic Editor.

6. Do one of the following:

• Type the macro code between the Sub Macroname() line and the End Sub line.

Sub macroname()
    Type your macro code here
End Sub

-or-

• Copy and paste the sample code to your macro by following these steps:

Sub macroname()

End Sub

1. Switch to the program that you are using to view the Microsoft Knowledge Base article, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.

2. To select the sample code, hold the CTRL key and then single-click the code.

3. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

4. Switch to the Visual Basic Editor.

5. In the Visual Basic Editor, select the existing code text of Sub Macroname() to the End Sub of the macro.

6. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
   
   NOTE: When you paste, the existing code text will be replaced with the code you copied from the Knowledge Base article.

After typing or pasting the code for your macro, on the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft <application>

where <application> is the Microsoft Office 2000 application that you are using. NOTE: Use the TAB key to indent text. Lines that begin with an apostrophe (') are comments and are not required to run the macro. However, you may want to type them in to make it easier to understand the macro.

To Add the Sample Code to a Module

To add code to a module, you must either have an existing module or create a new module. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open or Create a template in the Office application you are using.

2. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Visual Basic Editor.

3. In the project window of the Visual Basic Editor (by default this is in the upper left corner), click the project icon with the same name as your template or document. If you haven't yet saved your template or document, the project name will be similar to either Project(Document1) or TemplateProject(Template1).
   
   NOTE FOR WORD USERS: If you want to store your macro in the default global template, Normal.dot, double-click the Normal project.

4. If the project you clicked does not contain a folder called Modules underneath it, click Module on the Insert menu.

5. Click anywhere in the code window of the module you want to create. The code window is usually in the upper right corner of the Visual Basic Editor.

6. Type or paste the sample code exactly as it appears in the Knowledge Base article, including the Sub Macroname() and End Sub lines.
   
   NOTE: For more information about typing or pasting the macro code, please see the "To Create a New Macro" section in this article.

After typing or pasting the code for your macro, on the File menu, click Close and Return to Microsoft <application>

where <application> is the Microsoft Office 2000 application that you are using.

To Run the Macro

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro and then click Macros.

2. Select the name of the macro in the Macro Name list and then click Run.