Hello all,

When I select Tools > References in the VBA Editor, the References
option is greyed out. This only happens in Microsoft Word, not in
Excel. Any suggestions as to why and how to fix it?

In the interest in sharing all the info I have, I can also only edit
this template at all if I have it open at the time. I can't add it as
an add-in to a different document and then edit it. Is that normal?
It will say it's locked or something similar.

Thanks for any help

CJ

Re: References Option Greyed Out by cjshrader

cjshrader
Wed Jul 23 14:07:40 PDT 2008

On Jul 23, 5:04=A0pm, cjshrader <cjshra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> When I select Tools > References in the VBA Editor, the References
> option is greyed out. =A0This only happens in Microsoft Word, not in
> Excel. =A0Any suggestions as to why and how to fix it?
>
> In the interest in sharing all the info I have, I can also only edit
> this template at all if I have it open at the time. =A0I can't add it as
> an add-in to a different document and then edit it. =A0Is that normal?
> It will say it's locked or something similar.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> CJ

Oh I'm dumb. It's because the Macro was running at the time. Still
no solution for the second one, but it isn't as big of a deal as I can
work around it.

Re: References Option Greyed Out by Jay

Jay
Thu Jul 24 10:29:20 PDT 2008

cjshrader wrote:
> On Jul 23, 5:04 pm, cjshrader <cjshra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> When I select Tools > References in the VBA Editor, the References
>> option is greyed out. This only happens in Microsoft Word, not in
>> Excel. Any suggestions as to why and how to fix it?
>>
>> In the interest in sharing all the info I have, I can also only edit
>> this template at all if I have it open at the time. I can't add it as
>> an add-in to a different document and then edit it. Is that normal?
>> It will say it's locked or something similar.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>> CJ
>
> Oh I'm dumb. It's because the Macro was running at the time. Still
> no solution for the second one, but it isn't as big of a deal as I can
> work around it.

The VBA project of any template will be editable only if the template itself
is opened for editing (through File > Open) or if it's the attached template
of an open document (the topmost box in the Tools > Templates & Add-Ins
dialog).

Projects of templates that are active add-ins, but not "the attached
template" of a document, are always locked.

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