ARCHIVED: In Microsoft Word, how do I save the macros I have created?

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All macros in Microsoft Word are associated with templates. To save the macros, you must save the template file. The macros you normally create and use are stored in the normal.dot template (in Office 2007, it may be called normal.dotm), since this is the template Microsoft uses by default to create new documents. This file is located in one of the following:

Windows Vista: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
Windows XP: C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office\Templates
In Mac OS X, this file may appear in different locations depending on operating system or Office version, but is generally located in one of two different locations:
- Hard drive\users\"user"\documents\microsoft user data\
- Hard drive\users\"user"\library\application support\microsoft\office\user templates
Note: In Mac OS X, the file may be named just normal.
In Mac OS, this file is located in the Templates folder, which is inside the Microsoft Office folder.

However, if you have used or created any other templates and also created macros while within these templates, your macros will be associated with only those templates. For example, if you create a new template called email.dot and then create a macro within the template called sort, you won't be able to use sort unless you are working in a document created by email.dot.