Macros added when saving?

[jimmy_mac]

I launch Word (v.X) with an original, clean document and it opens
correctly. With no changes made to the document, by me, I close it and
get the save message. If I say yes, the next time I open this
document, I get the Macros Enable/Disable message. I cannot figure
this out. The original, clean document does not do this. I am not, to
my knowledge, attaching a macro. I need any advice on how to prevent
this from happening. This just starting today with no changes made to
the computer.

Running 10.3.8 on an iMac.

Jim

 

[jimmy_mac]

Never mind...It was a corrupted normal.dot.

I was persuing an old topic when I came across this URL:

http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/TroubleshootingIndex.htm

That lead me to question the Normal.dot. Once Word rebuilt that file,
everything was back to normal. this isa first for me.

Jim

 

[Clive Huggan]

Good to get your feedback, Jim!

Just a minor point: I realize when you've referred to the Normal template as
"Normal.dot" it's just a figure of speech, and maybe even unconscious if you
have come from a Windows environment, but I'll just take this opportunity to
mention to anyone following this thread that in the Mac environment ".dot"
should never be put after "Normal" for Word's Normal template.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 5 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[matt neuburg]

I launch Word (v.X) with an original, clean document and it opens
correctly. With no changes made to the document, by me, I close it and
get the save message. If I say yes, the next time I open this
document, I get the Macros Enable/Disable message. I cannot figure
this out.

Usually this is the sign of a macro virus. If so, the document that
carries the virus can still be on your computer even after you clean out
Normal.dot, so keep an eye out, because if you open that document again,
the problem will return. m.