Working For Free

“Welcome ladies and gentlemen to tonight’s heavyweight championship fight… In the blue corner we have “those who say you should never work for free……and in the red corner we have…” Make no bones about it, working for ‘free’ is an... read more

06 – Assign Shortcut Key

Now we add a new toolbar and add the macros as buttons (so we 1-click run them). That’s the end of this little series of improving Microsoft Word’s ‘Save As’ workflow. I hope you’ve enjoyed the series and if you have questions, feel free... read more

05 – Add to Toolbar

Now we add a new toolbar and add the macros as buttons (so we 1-click run them). In the next video, video 6, we’ll look at how to up the game and efficiency by assigning this macro to a shortcut key. Templates File Path The filepath to your templates folder is:... read more

04 – Developer’s Tab

Word hides the developer’s tab by default, so we need to know how to view it, to setup our environment, and to add and compile the code. Depending on how your pc’s setup, you also might need to save your Normal.dotm with another name and go in and delete... read more

03 – Code with Blank Document

In this video, we walkthrough the code line-by-line. Word macros have a bad rep because of all the nasties that have occurred in the past, but as we’ll see, when you look at the code itself (and follow along) there’s nothing to be concerned about. You may... read more