Solved Macros in Word Documents

[Powell41]

Hello Good People of the Forum:

Whenever I attempted to open a Word file I get the attached message. I have no idea what a macro is. Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards
Powell Lucas

 

[xunile]

Did you create these Word files or did you download them from somewhere or did somebody send them to you?

 

[Powell41]

I created them and had them stored on a backup drive and disks.

 

[Kaktussoft]

ALL WORD documents have this problem? WORD 2007, 2010 or .... ?
Please post 1 file with problems as a example

 

[Powell41]

ALL WORD documents have this problem? WORD 2007, 2010 or .... ?
Please post 1 file with problems as a example

Attached is partial page from the document I am attempting to open. For your further information: after I click O.K. in the first window I get a second window as shown in the second attachment. I f I click O.K. on this window a couple of times and X it out, the file will open.

 

[Kaktussoft]

Still don't know if you're using WORD 2007, 2010 or ....?
You didn't post a WORD file... but a screenshot!
ALL WORD documents have this problem?

 

[Powell41]

I'm running Office 2010. I hope the attachment is what you're looking for.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I'm running Office 2010. I hope the attachment is what you're looking for.

If I save it ... it saves as .doc instead of .docx...... very strange. Can you zip the file first and post again

 

[Powell41]

I'll install a zip app and send the file to you.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I'll install a zip app and send the file to you.

It's built-in windows7! It's called a "compressed folder"
Zip or Unzip a File or Folder in Windows 7 ? Information Technologies ? Penn State College of Ag Sciences

 

[Powell41]

According to the information for managing attachments the maximum .zip file size is 8 MB and the file I have zipped is 12 MB. Is there any way around this?

 

[Kaktussoft]

According to the information for managing attachments the maximum .zip file size is 8 MB and the file I have zipped is 12 MB. Is there any way around this?

Post on skydrive, dropbox... anywhere you want. Post a link to where you dumped it

 

[Powell41]

Sorry my friend, but I'm not familiar with any of these applications. I thank you for help but I think I'll just uninstall and reinstall Office and see if that clears it up. I do appreciate the time you have spent trying to give me a hand.

Best Regards
Powell Lucas

 

[Kaktussoft]

I asked you twice: ALL WORD documents have this problem?... why don't you answer it?
If all WORD documents have this problems... make a new very small documents and post that docx document

 

[Kaktussoft]

Goto folder C:\Users\YourAccount\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

Delete file normal.dotm in that folder. Open a WORD document and test. Post results.

 

[Powell41]

I assume that in place of "your Account" I would insert my name.

 

[Kaktussoft]

I assume that in place of "your Account" I would insert my name.

Yes! Does it work?

 

[Powell41]

Good Morning:

You're a patient man for hanging in so long and I appreciate it.

In answer to your question: no it did not work. I have attached a series of snips to show you the path I followed.

Just to make sure I'm not sending you on a wild goose chase: It's not that the Word application won't function; it does but only after I jump through some hoops to get rid to the messages about macros. After that I can edit, enter new data, and save as per normal. Everything works fine except for those goofy macro information windows.

I appreciate all the time you have expended on this issue. I will download SkyDrive and attempt to load in the zip file. Right now I'm in the middle of a raging blizzard so I've got all day to mess with this thing, but I don't want to take any more of your time than is necessary. If push comes to shove, I'll simply purchase a newer version of Word and go from there.

Best Regards
Powell Lucas

 

[Powell41]

Sorry about that, I forgot the attachments.

 

[Kaktussoft]

In WORD 2007 the folder name is C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm
In WORD 2010 the folder name is C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

Did you delete that file???