G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
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!
Try the faq item again. I see what you meant about not being clear. I
have updated it to be a bit more straight forward....
I have found one of the points of confusion. If the Standard
library for the selected document already has a module in it,
then the Edit button is active in (2) above, as the earlier
instructions in the FAQ said. However, if the Standard library
for that document does not have a module in it, then the user
sees what I described: a pop-up box asking for a module name.
Putting in a module name then takes you to the IDE. This makes
sense but is a bit convoluted.
I'm still wondering whether to save the macro before closing the
IDE and then saving the document. I suppose one should, because
then it can be copied to other documents. A user might have
dozens of files they need to run this macro on. I'm now studying
how one makes this macro available to more than one document...
I'm sure Andrew Pitonyak's book will tell me!
I will send my version of the FAQ to you when I get it worked out
so it makes sense to me.
--Jean
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