# MS Word help, por favor - macros

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 18, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-help-por-favor-macros/213924 "2003-11-18T16:48:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-help-por-favor-macros/213924/1 "2003-11-18T16:48:44Z")

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I need to run a macro on this file, but I didn’t have it on my computer. So a co-worker sent it to me (both of us using Outlook, if that makes a difference). Now I can’t get the stupid macro onto the macro list in order to run it. Please help!

Basically, I need to get this goddam macro out of Outlook and onto the Word macro list so that I can run it. Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-help-por-favor-macros/213924/2 "2003-11-18T16:59:17Z")

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Did he send you a Word document with the macro in it? If so, you can save the document to your hard drive and then use the following procedure in Word 2002:

1. Open the document you want to move the macro into.
2. Go to **Tools|Macro|Macros**.
3. Click **Organizer**.
4. Click **Close File** on the right side, then **Open File** in the same spot.
5. Select the document with the macro in it.
6. Select the desired macro and hit **Copy**. It should now appear on the macro list for your document.

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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-help-por-favor-macros/213924/3 "2003-11-18T17:09:58Z")

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No, it’s just a macro. The file is macro.bas.

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**Author:** ![mazzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mazzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazzer)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-help-por-favor-macros/213924/4 "2003-11-18T17:55:10Z")

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Open it with Notepad. CTRL+A to select all. Open Word. Tools/Macro/Macros, then type the name you want to call the macro. Hit Create. Paste in between the SUBs. If the macro already included SUBs at the beginning an end, delete them.