Word 97 Tables and Word XP

[John C.]

I have numerous word documents that were created in Word
97. We have recently upgraded to Word XP.

(1) When opening the older documents (that previously did
not experience ANY problems), I receive a message that the
document contains macros and asks if I want to Disable-
Enable-Cancel.
----
I have looked for VBA code or macros, there are NO macros,
why am I receiving this message?

(2) Regardless if I Disable or Enable these misterious
macros, when editing the contents of a cell in the form,
the form becomes corrupted, and the document is closed
after acknoleging the corruption error.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If a document has *ever* contained macros, it will continue to give the
warning, which is also triggered by shortcut keys stored in a document. But
it sounds as if the document is corrupt. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi John,

You undoubtedly used ActiveX controls in these documents,
from the Control Toolbox? These contain a "macro element"
that triggers macro security. Most likely, you had macro
security set to "low" in Word 97, and to "medium" in Word
2002.

Other than that, I agree with Suzanne that the document is
damaged.

I have numerous word documents that were created in Word
97. We have recently upgraded to Word XP.

(1) When opening the older documents (that previously did
not experience ANY problems), I receive a message that the
document contains macros and asks if I want to Disable-
Enable-Cancel.
----
I have looked for VBA code or macros, there are NO macros,
why am I receiving this message?

(2) Regardless if I Disable or Enable these misterious
macros, when editing the contents of a cell in the form,
the form becomes corrupted, and the document is closed
after acknoleging the corruption error.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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