Sub UpdateAll()

Dim oStory As Range
Dim oField As Field
On Error Resume Next

For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges

For Each oField In oStory.Fields

oField.Update

Next oField

Next oStory

On Error GoTo 0

End Sub

1. Select tools/macro/macros type the macroname into the macroname window at the top of the wizard i.e. the bit after Sub and before () here UpdateAll - (no spaces in the name!)

2. In the panel directly beneath the large macro names window, pick which template or document you wish the macro to be saved in. If you select All active templates and documents the macro will be saved in normal.dot. This may or may not be what you want. If it isn't, change it so that it reads the template where you want to store your macro.

3. Click 'create'.

4. The macro editor will open at the correct place.

There will be an entry as follows: Sub macroname() ' macroname Macro ' Macro created date by user End Sub

5. Copy the complete block of code from the ng post to the clipboard.

6. Switch to the macro editor window. 

Select all the above listed block and paste the contents of the clipboard over it.

Some listings do not include the Sub ... End Sub lines. In this case, give the macro a useful descriptive name at (1) above and paste the code between the Sub and End Sub lines.

If there is code in your window in red, it probably means that your newsreader wrapped a line of code that was meant to be one line. Try deleting at the end of the line and "unwrap" the line of code. If in doubt, ask.

7. Click the 'save' icon and close the editor.

8. From Word's document screen, right click on the toolbar and select 'customize' then from the command list (left window) select macros.

9. In the macro list (right window) pick your newly created macro with the left mouse button and drag it to your toolbar and drop it where you would like it to appear. (Or drop it in an appropriate menu if you prefer). Right click on either entry and edit the name to something sensible - for a toolbar button use an abbreviation or suitable icon. You can change the display to "default" from "text only" as well.

10. Close the 'customize' wizard and the macro will be available to your documents. If you saved it in normal.dot or another global template, it will be available to all of your documents. If you saved it in a template, it will be available in all documents based on that template (so long as the template is still "attached." See Template Basics for more on the various kinds of templates and how to use them.

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(With suggestions from Ibby and editing by CK.)