Assigning a Macro to a Button in Your Text

You already know you can assign a macro to a button (a tool) on your toolbar. Word also allows you to add buttons within the text of you document. These buttons have a macro or a Word command assigned to them, and you can control what happens when the button is selected in text. This is all instituted through the use of a field code. It may be a bit of a misnomer to refer to the result of this field code as a "button," because no graphics are involved whatsoever, although you can create your own graphic and embed it into the field. The syntax for the field code is:

MacroButton MacroName Display

MacroName is the name of the macro or command you want to run, and Display is the text you want displayed by the field code. If you use a graphic instead of text, then the graphic is displayed. When a user double-clicks on the displayed text or graphic, then the macro or command defined by MacroName is executed.

To assign a command or macro to a button, and insert that button in your text, follow these steps:

1. Position the insertion point where you want the button to appear.
2. Press Ctrl+F9 to insert a field.
3. Between the field brackets, type MacroButton, then the name of the command or macro you want the button to execute.
4. Type the text you want displayed, or insert a graphic to be used as a button.
5. Press F9 to update the field display.