Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 22: Integrating Access with Other Applications

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Tip
If you don’t see the Developer tab in Microsoft Word, open Word Options from the Microsoft Office Button,
click Word Options, and select the Customize Ribbon tab. On the right side of the Customize Ribbon dialog
box, make sure the Developer check box is selected in the Main Tabs list.

After selecting Record Macro from the Developer ribbon’s Code group, you must give your new

macro a name (see Figure 22.9). In addition to a name, you can assign the macro to a button or

keyboard combination and select the template (.dotm) file in which to store the macro.

After you enter a macro name and click OK, the macro recorder begins recording events. The

Record Macro button (on the Developer ribbon tab) changes to Stop Recording while you are

recording a macro. The arrow changes to an open pointer attached to a cassette, as shown in

Figure 22.10. Stop recording events by clicking the Stop Recording button (the button with a

square next to it). To pause recording events, click the Pause Recording button.

FIGURE 22.9

Enter a macro name and click OK to begin recording the macro. In this example, the macro is named
MyMacro.

Macro name

Macro description

FIGURE 22.10

The Macro Recorder records all events until you click the Stop Recording button.

Macro recording icon