macros in Publisher 2003

[Ron S]

Is is possible to record a macro with keystrokes, as in Word 2003 in
Publisher? If yes, how is this accomplished and if not how does one create a
text box without hyphenatation by default? Thanks.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Is is possible to record a macro with keystrokes, as in Word 2003 in
Publisher? If yes, how is this accomplished and if not how does one create a
text box without hyphenatation by default? Thanks.

Publisher has no macro recorder. If memory serves, the hyphenation
options are not available through the object model, so cannot be
controlled though a macro.

 

[Fred]

Publisher has no macro recorder. If memory serves, the hyphenation
options are not available through the object model, so cannot be
controlled though a macro.

You would think that Microsoft might be applying some resources to sort this
sort of thing out, along with umpteen other deficiencies and bugs, wouldn't
you? But no.
No fixes in the last office service pack, no announcements, and no signs of
activity on the Publisher front of any sort. It's enough to make one think
that the product is being quietly dropped.

 

[Mary Sauer]

If Publisher is going to be dropped, it will be in the next version of Office. I
think there will be a service pack, I can't believe they will leave Publisher
2007 the way it is now.

 

[Ed Bennett]

No fixes in the last office service pack,

Actually, there were one or two, they just weren't announced.

no announcements, and no signs of
activity on the Publisher front of any sort.

It was the Publisher team that was responsible for the PDF features in
Office 2007. That obviously took a lot of resources, something that the
Publisher team is not rich in, hence the smaller improvements in other
areas.

It's enough to make one think
that the product is being quietly dropped.

This is the way Publisher's _always_ been; it hasn't been dropped yet,
and I see no reason to think that it will be in the near future.

 

[Fred]

It was the Publisher team that was responsible for the PDF features in

Office 2007. That obviously took a lot of resources, something that the
Publisher team is not rich in, hence the smaller improvements in other
areas.

err.. yes. It must have kept the pair of them occupied for at least two or
three weeks. And then they had to revisit the whole thing and take them out
again afterwards, what a drag!

 

[Ed Bennett]

err.. yes. It must have kept the pair of them occupied for at least two or
three weeks.

Have you ever tried to code a PDF writer from scratch?

And then they had to revisit the whole thing and take them out
again afterwards, what a drag!

Not so much take out, as hide and reveal only when the add-in is installed.