Word: Automating Your Work with Macros

Learn how to cut time spent on repetitive and complex tasks in Microsoft Word. With macros, you can record a sequence of steps and perform them with the click of a button. Macros are driven by Visual Basic, but you don't need to be a programmer to create them. Instructor Gini von Courter begins this course by showing you the easiest way to set up a basic macro in Word. She explains the basics of macro security, and shows how to view the macro code in the Visual Basic Editor. Next, Gini shows how to build more complex macros by incorporating Word building blocks. Then learn how to export and import macro modules. Finally, Gini demonstrates how to manage your macros and add them to your Word toolbar or ribbon.

Learning objectives
List the steps required to run the macros on a document you created when you open the document and see a SECURITY WARNING banner message.
Explain how to run a macro.
Identify where to save a building block if there is no logical gallery for it.
Recall the best way to create an auto macro.
Recognize why you would create a macro in the Visual Basic Editor rather than using the Macro Recorder.
Identify what you can add any existing macro to.