Could you tell us what you mean when you say it does not open successfully?

Is your macro security in Word 2003 set to high?
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"oldbill" wrote in message
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Large document containing macros opens successfully with Word 97 but not
with
Word 2003. Does not even reach the disable/enable macros stage. None of
the
Microsoft suggested reasons seems to apply. New computer, XP with Word
2003
SP1, Office 2003 professional.