Mac Works: Key Command to Start Macro Inserts Character Instead
  
PSS ID Number: Q123103
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.0 4.0a 4.0b
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0b
 - Microsoft Works for the Power Macintosh, version 4.0b
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to run a macro in a Microsoft Works Word Processing
document, the macro does not run and a strange character is inserted where
the insertion point is currently located in the document.
 
WORKAROUND
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To avoid this problem, do either of the following:
 
 - Make sure the insertion point is on a blank line of the document when
   you run the  macro.
 
   -or-
 
 - Click on any menu item to display the menu, and then release the mouse
   button. Then, run the macro by pressing Option+<macro key>.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Works version 4.0. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The strange character that is inserted is actually the control (or
extended) character for the OPTION+<macro key>.
 
For more information, see the "How to...Record a macro" topic in Microsoft
Works 4.0 Help. To start Help, choose Microsoft Works 4.0 Help from the
Balloon menu.
 
KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: mwkswp mwksmacro macworkskb
 
Additional reference words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00b mac m_works fail garbage
macros
weird wrong cursor ibeam i-beam i pointer
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Version           : 4.0 4.0a 4.0b
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.