Macro problem with Word 2007

I paste a lot of pictures into my report, and I would like to size them each
time I add a picture (picture format size heigh & width).
I recorde a macro using Word XP with no problem. However, with Word 2007, I
am having the following issues during recording (a cassette tape icon
appears):
1) I cannot click on the picture to select
2) I use the keyboard to select the picture
3) I use the ribbon to access the picture formating toolbar and enter height
& width
4) I stop the macro recorder
When I do this, nothing gets recorded. Tried several different methods with
no luck. The only time it does record something is if I type a word. Again,
no macro records when I select the picture and try to do something with it.
Very annoying. BTW, same results starting Winword /A.

Thank you for your help in advance.

JayFreedman
Thu Nov 22 08:54:01 PST 2007

The macro recorder (by design) doesn't record mouse clicks dealing with
non-text objects. You simply can't record macros that manipulate pictures.
You have to write such macros from scratch.

See this thread for a simple example that you can modify:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.vba.general/browse_thread/thread/8f865a0623982835/ba9ed2e5f368eec8?lnk=st&q=#ba9ed2e5f368eec8

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org


"jimbaum" wrote:

> I paste a lot of pictures into my report, and I would like to size them each
> time I add a picture (picture format size heigh & width).
> I recorde a macro using Word XP with no problem. However, with Word 2007, I
> am having the following issues during recording (a cassette tape icon
> appears):
> 1) I cannot click on the picture to select
> 2) I use the keyboard to select the picture
> 3) I use the ribbon to access the picture formating toolbar and enter height
> & width
> 4) I stop the macro recorder
> When I do this, nothing gets recorded. Tried several different methods with
> no luck. The only time it does record something is if I type a word. Again,
> no macro records when I select the picture and try to do something with it.
> Very annoying. BTW, same results starting Winword /A.
>
> Thank you for your help in advance.