Word auto macros

[Nelviticus]

Hello,

I'm trying to write some code that sets the page view to page width zoom when I start Word. This is because it occasionally gets reset to some other value, which really irritates me. The code to do this is:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitBestFit

However, I can't put this in an AutoExec macro because ActivePane isn't available when AutoExec runs. I tried putting it in the AutoNew macro but that doesn't seem to fire when Word starts.

Any ideas where I can put this so that it runs when I start Word?

Thanks

Nelviticus

 

[Muzzery]

What about AutoOpen?

 

[RobBroekhuis]

The view is saved with the document, so setting it just once upon opening Word won't do the trick. So Muzzery is right - put it in the AutoOpen sub, in your normal.dot.

Rob

 

[Nelviticus]

Hmm, I've tried putting it in AutoOpen but that doesn't fire when Word starts up either. It seems that the only one that runs is AutoExec, and you can't access any document-level objects.

I tried putting a 'Stop' as the first line in AutoExec so that I could step through what happens when Word starts, and neither AutoOpen nor AutoNew runs.

I guess I'll just have to live with it - thanks anyway, people.

N.

 

[fredericofonseca]

create an add-in and put the code there


Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[Nelviticus]

I thought add-ins were just for Excel. I'll look into it though.

N.