How to Create, Run or Delete a Macro in MS Word 2016?

by Maria William Software Developer

Office 2016 is a popular suite developed by the tech giant, Microsoft. This latest Office version has made it quite easier to create documents, share them and work upon them at the same time. From your PC, Mac to your Windows, Apple, and Android™ phones and tablets, you can review, edit and analyze your document across different devices. Apart from this, other features of this Office version, includes the following:

Find commands with Tell Me
Bing-powered Smart Lookup for Fast-check
Fewer clicks to inside
One Drive cloud storage
Office apps optimized for touch

Like all its other applications, Word 2016 also has some of the exceptional features as that of the previous versions. It has a feature of macros with the help of which you can group together a series of commands as well as instructions to accomplish a task automatically. This helps you save your precious time on the tasks you frequently do in MS Word. To make the use of this feature, one should know how to create, run, edit or delete them. If you don’t know about them, then this article is just for you:

Steps for creating macros in Office 2016

After Login to your office.com/setup Click View from the menu bar
Select Record Macro from Macros
Enter a name for the macro or go with the default name
To implement a macro in a new document, ensure that All Documents (Normal) is selected in the Store Macro in list
Click Keyboard to give a key combination to your macro (Word will display the customized keyboard dialogue box)
Enter a combination of keys in the Press New Keyboard Shortcut box
Now, Word will display the command or action currently given to that combination, if any
If this combination has already been assigned then delete it from Press New Keyboard Shortcut box and select a new combination
To use this combination for all your new documents, make sure Normal.dotm is selected in the Save Changes in list
Hit Assign
Click Ok, when you are ready to record the macro
Click the commands or hit the keys for each step in the task
To stop recording, click View and then Macros
Now, choose Stop Recording

Steps for running a macro

To run a macro, press the combination of keys you assigned to the macros
Click View from the menu bar and select Macros
Now, view Macros
Under the Macro Name list, choose the macro you want to run
Now, hit Run

Steps for deleting a macro

Follow the path – View -> Macros -> View Macros
Ensure that the location mentioned by Macros in incorporates the location of the macro that you want to delete
Choose the macro you want to delete and click the minus button below the list
When you will be asked to confirm the delete, click Yes