

If you’re confident messing about with VBA for Word, the code is commented to show you how to adapt it to cover any other subscript/superscript formulae that you use regularly.Įdit: A macro which does the same kind of thing, plus fixes some common typos (KWh for kWh, etc.) for Excel is now available here. Next you can add an icon so you can find it easily. I’ve hijacked the π symbol which normally serves as the insert formula button but you can add whatever makes sense to you. Just click Modify and select an icon from the options that appear. Then find in the list that appears and use the Add > button to move it across to the Quick Access Toolbar. To add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar in MS Word 2010, first click on the down arrow at the right hand end of the row of icons that includes the Save icon, then select More commands -> Choose commands from -> Macros. It’s so handy that I also decided to add it to the Quick access bar for easy access (MS Word 20 only). To add the macro to the Normal template open up MS Word and press Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor window -> Ctrl-R to show the project explorer (if it isn’t already showing) -> right click the Normal template -> Import file -> browse for the FormatFormulae.bas file -> Open, and you’re done.
MACRO COMMANDS FOR WORD 2010 DOWNLOAD
Just download and unzip the file from the link below, then import it to your Normal template in MS Word. It needed a bit of adaptation to do exactly what I wanted but it’s now a real time saver. Eventually I found what I was looking for on G Mayor’s site. Instead I hunted around on the net for a way of correcting it automatically using a macro. My contribution here is from the point of view of someone who edits quite a lot of other people’s reports as well as writing my own, in which case you can’t rely on the autocorrect method. It’s a handy approach and saves your work from the annoying critic who ignores your carefully crafted argument while pointing out every last formatting error.

The Quick Access Toolbar or to a shortcut key, click OK.

To begin recording the macro without assigning it to a button on.Under "Description:", type a description of the macro.Template or document in which you want to store the macro. From the drop-down list under "Store macro in:", select the.The drop-down list, select Word Commands. Note: To view a list of built-in macros, on theĭeveloper tab, click Macros. In the Record Macro window, under "Macro name:", type.On the Developer tab, click Record Macro.Under "Top options for working with Word",Ĭheck Show Developer tab in the Ribbon. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.Once you have createdĪ macro, follow the appropriate steps to assign a shortcut to it: Some shortcuts are built into the program, but youĬan also assign shortcuts to macros you create. Microsoft Word has many shortcut keys that allow you to accessįunctions quickly. Information here may no longer be accurate, and links may no longer be available or reliable. This content has been archived, and is no longer maintained by Indiana University.
