The recording of a macro in Word is likely to be an incomplete record of the user's actions. Why?
Word's Macro Recorder does not support Find & Replace edits.
Word's Macro Recorder does not record actions initiated by keyboard shortcuts.
Word's Macro Recorder does not record actions initiated by clicking a button on the Ribbon's Developer tab.
Word's Macro Recorder does not record actions that inlove selection of text by pointing with the mouse pointer.