"Create Macro" button not working.

Question

Word 2016

1. When I click on the "Create" button in the Macro dialog window it asks me if I want to replace the existing macro. When I click "No" it returns to the Macro dialog window. In older versions of Word clicking create would transport me to the "Create new macro" setting. Why is my "Create" button working and how do I fix it?
2. Why are the Macros categorized under the "View" category tab on the Ribbon?

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. I'm using Version 1706 Build 8229.2103.

That build isn't so different that it should have this odd behavior.

To pursue this further, what is the name of the macro you're trying to create when the message appears? Does it happen for all attempts to create a macro, or just a specific one?

Go to File > Options > Add-Ins and take a screen shot of the dialog box. Save the image as a .jpg or .png file. Post it here, using the Insert Image in the bar at the top of the Reply box.

Answer 2

My copy of Word 2016 doesn't behave that way, although what it does is almost as puzzling.

If the macro name that I enter in the "Macro name" box of the dialog is one that doesn't exist in the file selected in the "Macros in" dropdown, the macro editor immediately opens with the stub of the macro in the NewMacros module (which is created if it doesn't already exist).

If the macro name is one that does already exist in the chosen file, the macro editor opens and shows the code of the macro (same as the Edit button), but it also creates a stub of the same name in the NewMacros module -- an unnecessary and potentially error-prone situation. I guess that's just a hazard of using Create when you should click Edit.

In neither case do I see any question about replacing an existing macro. What's the version/build number of your copy of Word (shown at File > Account)? The behavior I described was in Version 1708 Build 8431.2079, but is the same as I remember from earlier builds of Word 2016 and all earlier versions of Word.

Re #2: The "real" Macros button appears on the Developer tab, but because that tab is hidden by default, a second copy is on the View tab for use by people who don't do development work. (There's no Tools tab because the folks who created the first ribbon in Office 2007 considered the old Tools menu to be a "junk drawer" and didn't want another one.)

Answer 3

Thanks for the reply. I'm using Version 1706 Build 8229.2103.