Hi ?B?a2hhcnJpczA0MDU=?=,

I have been using XP for years and while I am not an expert I usually can
figure things out, but this one has me stumped. I use my macros to record
addresses I use frequently. Up until yesterday I was able to add them,
change them, etc. with no problems. Yesterday, it allowed me to manipulate
macros, add and change, but when I go to close out of Word the program
crashes (tells me its saving my documents) and when it opens up the changes I
made to the macros are lost! This is a BIG deal in my line of work correct
addresses are very important and very time consuming to have to look up for
each letter I do.

This may be a sign that your Normal.dot template (I assume that's where you're
saving these macros) has become damaged.

- Start Word
- Open the VB Editor
- Select each macro module in the "Project" window (NewMacros, for example)
- Use File/Export to create back-up files (*.bas) in plain text format
- Close Word
- Rename Normal.dot to NormalOLD.dot
- Start Word (it will create a new Normal.dot)
- In the VBEditor, use File/Import to bring the code into the new template

Note: when working in the VB Editor you can use the Save button to force saving
your work in the macro container (Normal.dot). Then, if Word crashes for some
reason you're less likely to lose your work. But I wouldn't try forcing this on
your current Normal.dot because, if it is damaged, as I suspect, at some point
it's going to go completely and then you won't have any back-up, at all.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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