The APS Home Toolkit
Installing the Button Code
- Open up Microsoft Word.
- Select Tools > Macro > Security.
- Make sure your security settings are set to "Low," and click OK.
- Open up the Visual Basic Editor by pressing Alt+F11.
- There should be a sidebar on the left side of the screen with two items
labelled Normal and Project(Document1) (there may be other items
in the sidebar, but you should see those two, at least).
- What if there is no sidebar? If you do not see any sidebar, press Ctrl+R to make it appear.
- Click on the Normal item once, so that it is highlighted.
- Click the +/- box next to the Normal item so that it displays any
subdirectories inside Normal. If you see a subdirectory labeled Modules,
open that up as well, to see if there is already an APSbutton item inside.
- What if there is already an APSbutton item
inside Normal:Modules? If there is already an APSbutton item
present, stop here. Move on to the instructions for
placing the button on your toolbar.
- What if there are items labeled APSbutton1,
APSbutton2, etc. inside Normal:Modules? These are erroneous
modules that must be removed. Right-click on those items and select
Remove. The program will ask if you want to "export" the module
before removing it; click No. Do this with each erroneous module.
There should only ever be one APSbutton item, and it should not have a
number after it.
- Select File > Import File.
- Locate the APStoolkit directory on your C:\ drive. Click once on the file labeled APSbutton.bas to highlight it, then click Open.
- You should now see an APSbutton item inside the Modules directory of Normal.
- You can now exit the macro editor by clicking the X in the upper right corner of the window, or by selecting File > Close and Return to Microsoft Word.