Enable macros

[prs]

I am running WinXP professional and Office 2003. Upon
closing Word (and Outlook) I get the following error
message:
Microsoft Visual Basic!
The macros in this prosject are disabled. Please refer to
online help or doocumentation of the host application to
determine how to enable macros.

The instructions in the message are not helpfull to me.

How do I "enable macros" in this case; i.e. how do I make
this error message go away"

 

[RWN]

Using Of2k, but I'm assuming the same idea will apply;
"Tools->Macro->Security" and read the instructions on the possible
selections.

 

[Stu]

Just a thought... Don't be too quick to "enable macros", as this is a
common method for viruses to be spread. Macros are simply programming code
that someone (typically not a software vendor like Microsoft) wrote to
perform a specific function. Oftentimes hackers write virus-type code using
the macro language that comes with packages like Word and Outlook.

It could be that you have received a document that has a virus in a macro
somewhere, and that macro is trying to do something when you shut down Word
or Outlook. If I were you, and I didn't expect to be running a macro for a
very specific reason, then I'd do a virus scan on my computer. If you don't
have something like McAfee or Norton, you can use a free on-line tool called
HouseCall from Trend Micro. See http://housecall.trendmicro.com/.

Stu

 

[RWN]

Agree 100%.
It was remiss of me not to mention what "Stu" has said.
I should have thought about it a little longer vs. just answering the
question! Made the classic mistake of assuming knowledge that may not be
there - sorry.