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In the What is the Quick Access Toolbar? post, I described how to add a Word command to your Quick Access Toolbar. Here, I explain how to add a macro to the Quick Access Toolbar as there are a couple of extra steps that you need to do.
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Word comes with a few pre-assigned keyboard shortcuts: most of us are familiar with saving using CTRL+S, cutting with CTRL+X, and pasting with CTRL+V – and we wouldn’t be without CTRL+Z to undo our typos! Word also allows you to assign your own keyboard shortcuts for Word commands, macros, symbols and styles, among other things …
There are (at least) a couple of ways to install a macro. I will talk you through what is probably the most straightforward method later in this post, but first let us look at what a macro looks like inside Word’s Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) editor. (I'm going to skip the 'for Applications' bit for simplicity.)
Recording your own macrosIn What is a Word Macro: Macro baby steps part i, I promised that I would show you how to record your own macro. In Word, macros are accessed via the Developer tab (read Where is the developer tab? if you can't find it) or the View tab, which you can find here:
A Word macro is a series of commands or instructions that you can create and execute to automate repetitive tasks in Word documents. I'm a huge fan of macros and I use many of Paul Beverley's macros (along with a few written by other people) and some that I have recorded myself.
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