G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 09:20 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 07:20 -0800, Xavier Marichal wrote:
I've never used macros and cannot find the explanation in the help: how
do I create a macro with the code provided hereunder?
See if
http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/word_processing/050.html helps.
I cannot follow the instructions in that FAQ, which appears to be
missing some steps. For example, it says to "use Tools > Organize
> New" but I cannot find this from the OOo Writer menu bar.
Also, the first sentence of the FAQ says "You need to insert a
time/date field that indicates the time when the doc last has
been modified" but this macro does not look to me to have
anything to do with a time/date field.
Could someone please review this FAQ and correct it, or make it
more clear? Or tell me what I'm missing here?
Fixed. Could catch on the extraneous paragraph and the missing command.
Too much haste == less speed.
Thank you for the fast response. A few more things:
(1) The instructions now say "Use Tools > Macros > Organize
Dialogs > New" but on my setup "New" is not a choice there. I
assume it should be "OpenOffice.org Basic" because that takes me
to a dialog (titled "OpenOffice.org Basic Macros" where I can
select the document and the Standard module.
(2) However, even when I typed in the Macro name, the Edit button
was not activated. So I tried "New" which popped up a little "New
Module" box. I kept the default choice (Module 1), clicked OK,
and got a window in which I could enter the macro.
(3) Newbies will not have a clue was "IDE" means in the
instruction "...enter the following in the IDE."
(4) The last two steps are "Click the Run icon" and "Finally save
the document". If I'm in the right place, is this the icon named
"Run BASIC" in the tooltip? Also, it's not clear whether I should
just close this window or save the macro first, or what, before
saving the document.
More clarification would help. I really am clueless about macros.
I guess it's about time I learned something about them!
Thanks.
--Jean
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