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Many macros that you record or create are used for a specific purpose; they are not intended to be used over and over again for long periods of time. This means that as your needs change, you will have occasion to delete macros. To delete a macro, follow these steps:
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2019-04-11 10:58:01
Jens Holme Bjørneboe
How about when Word says "BLOCKED CONTENT" (company policy) and i find "Macro1" and "Macro2" in the dialog - an I CANNOT DELETE these macros, with the excuse "Sub or Function not defined". Is there another way to erase these "macros"?
Off cause this is a big long document with special formatting and fields, so it's not that easy to copy the content to another blank template.
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