The macro cannot be found or has been disabled - after creating own macros in Word 2010

First, do not enable all macros. That is asking for trouble. It is OK as a temporary measure but you should not leave this setting turned on.

I assume they are stored in your NewMacros module in Normal.dotm. Is this correct?

Thanks for your reply, Charles. It was set to Disable all macros with notification, I enabled all just to see whether they worked.

I just checked in View Macros to see where they are. The ones that don't work don't appear under 'All active templates and documents' or 'Normal.dotm'. Obviously the one that does work is listed under Normal.dotm.

I have just re-recorded one of the macros that doesn't work, and made sure it was set to store the macro to Normal.dotm. I then restarted Word and checked View Macros, but the new macro I just recorded does not appear under either 'All active templates and documents' or 'Normal.dotm'.

Kari

Hi Kari,

When in Word press Alt+F11 to see the VBA editor.

In that, on the right, you should see Normal. If there is a little + to the left, click on that to expand. NewMacros should be the place where your macros are located.

This is a key skill set for anyone serious about using macros.

Recorded macros are seldom ideal. There are many things that the macro recorder simply will not notice and record.

If you open an old copy of your normal.dotm from Word 2007, you should see the macros there. You can copy those into a module in your current Word 2010 normal.dotm.

I generally do not store macros I use in normal.dotm but in a separate Add-In or Global template. This is a bit more trouble, but it gives much more flexibility and means that if something "happens" to my normal.dotm, I haven't lost my work.

Try putting your macros in an Add-In and see if that helps. An Add-In can be any template stored in the Word Startup Folder.

You shouldn't have to do this. I don't know where to start with diagnosing what is going on with your system but I suspect you have a (.com) Add-In that is blocking you from saving changes to normal.dotm.

Hi Charles,

This is very useful, thanks. 

There is nothing under Normal/Modules/NewMacros at all, not even the one that does work.

I do have a couple of add-ins so I might try disabling those and testing the macros or re-recording them.

The macros I record are for straightforward functions like search and replace that I've been creating for years - since Windows 3.1 - and they have always worked up to now. I guess this is down to incompatibility with an add-in. Sadly I'm not sure whether I can locate my Windows 2007 normal.dotm on this particular machine or in my cloud.

Thanks again for your help and suggestions!

Kari