Can someone help with a simple macro?

I have absolutely no knowledge of macros, but I do know that I need to "make" one that will allow me to automatically place my company logo and copy on any word document with the press of a button.

I used to have it at my old company where we just pushed a smiley face button that was found at the top of our word document that would place the logo and copy, perfectly centered on the document we were using at that time.

Is this something I can learn how to do or do I have to get someone to do it for me?

 

You could learn to do it, but the far simpler method is to create a template for this kind of thing.

Then, when you want such a document, you choose NEW > and pick that template.

 

Theres a problem with a template; for some reason, templates get "grayed out" when added to a document. I need the full color version. If you know how to get around this, id love to hear how cuz I cant seem to figure it out.

 

The PRINTED document is grayed out or the one on the screen?

The grayed out effect is a visual queue so you know what part is template and what part is document

When printing, it will all come out as desired

 

Apologies...I was mistaken-I was referring to Headers and Footers.

The template seems to not gray out however, I can you tell me how to add it to an existing word document?

 

Not sure I am following you....what I would do is probably select everything (ctrl+a) copy it, (ctrl+c), open template then paste (ctrl+v)

If you have many documents, I probably would create a macro.

Would need to know what version of Word you use to give you exact instructions, but the basics would be to place your logo in a fixed location (ex: Documents\LogoImages) and then use the RECORD MACRO function, then save, and apply a key combo to it, then save this document (or import the macro) to your default template.

With Office 2007 its a tad more complicated to add things to the ribbon--it's easier to show and customize the quick access toolbar

 

I am a recruiter so I am constantly adding my contact info/logo to the tops of resumes, hence my need for a macro.
The copy and paste thing would not work for me.

I am using Outlook 2007; can you explain how I may be able to do this?

 

what exactly are you attempting to insert?

 

My company logo, name and contact info at the top of every page, address and other basic info at the bottoms.

 

The problem here is I cannot get it to look pretty...I never tried placing an image in a Word macro before. With Excel, you can create a range and place the image there, but I am puzzling over how this is done in word.

I now see why you were talking about headers and footers before because this seems to be the only way to do this (put it on top and bottom of every page)

So far, what I am getting is everything vertical

company logo image
name
contact info

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content of document

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address
info


Since you cannot manipulate the mouse via a macro you can not set image parameters the way you would in Word with a mouse.

The record doesn't work perfectly and you need to go in and edit the VBA to get it to work, but the code looks like this

Code:

ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
    Selection.TypeText Text:="Name"
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.TypeText Text:="xxx-xxx-xxxx"
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:= _
        "C:\Users\{username}\Documents\logogimages\logo.gif", LinkToFile:=False, _
        SaveWithDocument:=True
    WordBasic.ViewFooterOnly
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageFooter
    Selection.TypeText Text:="Street address"
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.TypeText Text:="City, State Zipcode"
    Selection.TypeParagraph
    Selection.TypeText Text:="Company slogan"
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekCurrentPageHeader
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.SeekView = wdSeekMainDocument

The end result looks something like this:

 

gerry-

I found the following instructions online:

# Click Insert at the top of your screen;
# Click Quick Parts.
# Select Field at the bottom of the Quick Parts menu
# In the Categories filed select Document Information.
# In the Field Names window, select FileName.
# In the Field Properties to the right, select one of the options if you want all capitals, etc.
# Under Field Options, check the Add path to file name box.
# Click OK.

I did the above after I assigned the macro to a button/keystroke.
No idea how it works, but it did.

 

glad to hear it--seems to be a more elegant solution to my efforts