How to Rename Word 2003 Macro?

Recently I recorded a macro in Word 2003 which opens a set of files and resizes them so that they fit side-by-side inside the Word window.

I'd like to have this macro run every time I start Word 2003.

I found a web page that suggests that a way to do that would be to rename my macro to "AutoExec."

I couldn't figure out how to rename my macro, but I did find a web page with instructions. Trouble is, when I try to follow those instructions, what I see on my screen doesn't seem to match what the instructions say I should be seeing.

Here are the steps I followed up to the point where I got lost on step 3:

1. Choose the Macro option from the Tools menu, and then choose Macros from the resulting submenu. Word displays the Macros dialog box.
Word Macros Dialogue Box.jpg

2. Click Organizer. The Organizer dialog box appears with the Macro tab selected. (Depending on your version of Word, the tab may have a different name, but it will still be the tab related to macros.)
Word Macros Organizer Dialogue Box.jpg

3. From the macro list at the left side of the dialog box, select a macro you want to rename.

That's where I lose the thread. The macro I want to rename is now named TM_Test_2015_0501

But, as you can see, it doesn't appear in "the macro list at the left side of the [organizer] dialog box" as the instructions say that it should. But, it does appear in previous dialogue box, which I have highlighted to make it stand out.

I'd be grateful for your help in figuring out how to rename TM_Test_2015_0501 to AutoExec

At step 1 can't you just click on the edit and change the name??

That might be the answer I'm looking for, xladept.

So, are you suggesting that at the top of the macro code, in the first line, which now reads:

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that I should simply delete the text "TM_Test_2015_0501" and replace it with "AutoExec"?

Yep!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bingo!

That did the trick!

Thanks, xladept! That was too easy!

But I can't help wondering why that web page had such a complicated series of steps, when the solution was so simple and straightforward.

Oh well, "all's well that ends well," right?.

(My next experiment will be to try to figure out how to write a command line to run Word and that will automatically call my macro. Then I could create a shortcut with that command line. That way I'd have a choice of running Word either with or without my macro automatically called. But that's a topic for another thread, isn't it?).

So, for now, is there a way to mark this thread "Solved!"? I guess I can just type "Solved!" in the "Title" field, can't I?.

Thanks again, xladept, for the rapid, clear and helpful responses.

Hi Clueless,

It seems indecent sometimes how actually simple something is - they ought to be complicated

You're welcome and thanks for the rep!

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