[Guydickinson]

Thanks v much - v grateful!!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Well, that's the idea of the process I describe. First you trust all the
ones that can be trusted, and then you deal with the ones that are still
generating a message. Once you've done that, you won't get the message
again.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Guydickinson" wrote in message
...
PS - The thing is I was hoping I could open Word without having to enable
or
disable macros. That was the main thing all along really. In the "old
days"
I could open word with no mention of the ***things!!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The fact that macros are disabled suggests that you have your macro
security
set to High. Go to Tools | Macro | Security and change the setting to
Medium. Now when you start Word or open a document containing macros,
you'll
be given a choice of enabling or disabling them.

Then, on the Trusted Sources tab, be sure that "Trust all installed
templates and add-ins" is checked. That will take care of the macros in
files in your user templates and workgroup templates folders and in the
Word
Startup folder, and you will not get any messages about them at all any
more. Unfortunately, the "trust" does not extend to the Office Startup
folder, so any add-ins located there will still trigger a prompt, but in
the
dialog you will be given the opportunity to trust macros from the
publisher
of a given add-in. You can decide for yourself whether to trust the
add-in
or remove it.

You can also go to Tools | Templates and Add-ins to see what add-ins are
loading at startup. You may find some that you don't really need or
want;
remove them from the Startup folder.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Guydickinson" wrote in message
...
Ever since I bought and installed Office 2003 for students I have been
plagued by "Macros" in Word. Every time I load a document or create
one
in
Word I get messages going on about Macros being enabled or disabled
etc
etc
with the accompanying ping noises and its driving me crazy. I don't
want
anything to do with macros!!! Can anyone please tell me how to make
the
whole thing go away for good please?!! Thanks v much.