You can keep a macro if you or other users need to run the macro in other versions of Office. Changes that you make to a file in Office 2008 do not affect a macro, provided that you save the file in its original file format or another macro-enabled file format. You cannot view, run, or edit the macro itself in Office 2008.

You can remove a Visual Basic macro from a file if you or others do not need to run the macro in other versions of Office.

Macros are preserved when you save a file in any of the macro-enabled file formats, even if you've made changes to the contents of the file.

If you currently use Visual Basic to create add-ins for Office for Mac, you will need to use alternative scripting methods moving forward. Microsoft recommends that users move to AppleScript, the system-level scripting language offered by Apple. For more information about AppleScript, see AppleScript Resources .