Macros in MS-WORD

Two questions:
First Question is ... I want to create a macro in MSWord that will allow for a 'pause' while running it to enter variables ... for example .. a macro to say "You owe " here I want it to stop temporarily for the user to key in an amount and then resume the macro to finish the message ... WordPerfect use to allow for this type of macro, is it an option in Word??

WordPerfect also use to allow the user to create a temporary macro .. does Word allow this??? I know some can be done using autotext but do not always need 'text'

 

I don’t know if this is what you are looking for but you can insert an ActiveX text box into your document using the "Control Toolbox" toolbar from the View menu. With your cursor in the desired location, click on the "text box" symbol on the tool bar and it will insert an ActiveX box. You will be in "design modeâ€. Then click on the properties button on the toolbar and in the line titled "Text" type a dollar sign "$â€. This will put a leading $ sign in the box. Exit design mode and you should be able to fill in the dollar amount figures you want after the $. To move the cursor into the text box either click in the box or use the F11 key from anywhere in front of the box to move the cursor to the box.

You can probably make the insertion of text box as a step in your macro and have the cursor automatically move to text box. In this case you wouldn't have to manually click in the box or use the F11 key to get the cursor there. May have to be the last step in the macro so the macro stops as the function is finished.

 

I have been working on this for a while now .. no what you suggested was not what I needed BUT I THANK YOU!!!! It did trigger a different train of thought and VOILA!!! Thanks to YOU I did figure out my dilemma!!!!! WOW I AM SOOOOO HAPPY about that .. I KNEW it was possible but was not sure the 'how to' and I am sorry but reference manuals really would not know a macro if they tripped over one even in the advanced manuals. I know I have looked!!

Thanks again to your response.

 

Glad to be of help . Funny how sometimes a little push one way or the other unblocks the brain. If you can, post how you solved your problem, I would be interested in knowing as I quite often work with templates, forms etc. and use macro's and autotext to speed up the work.