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How do I fix "macros disabled"? The Help instr did not help!
I have newly installed Office 2003 and whenever I open Word I get a message
headed Microsoft Visual Basic that says "The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros". The online help instructions relating to rerunning setup did not fic the problem. Can anyone please help me? |
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How do I fix "macros disabled"? The Help instr did not help!
It's nothing to do with set-up. It's an on-going issue, explained if you
type 'Security' into Help. Go to Tools Macro Security to change the settings. The challenge is to find a setting that both lets you run the macros you want, and blocks code in documents downloaded or sent to you by strangers. To enable your own macros to run you can a) check 'Trust access to Visual Basic project' on the trusted publishers tab, or b) put them in an add-in and check 'Trust all installed add-ins and templates', or c) run SelfCert.exe to create a personal certificate and sign the VBA project, or d) set security to low. This last option is likely to end in tears unless the computer has no internet access or you're on a network with other security measures in place. "Geoff_from_Oz" wrote in message ... I have newly installed Office 2003 and whenever I open Word I get a message headed Microsoft Visual Basic that says "The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros". The online help instructions relating to rerunning setup did not fic the problem. Can anyone please help me? |
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How do I fix "macros disabled"? The Help instr did not help!
Trust access to Visual Basic Project has a very specific meaning and does
not enable/disable macros. From the sound of the problem you have an Add-In of some sort which runs code when Word starts up - except that the default security settings in Word 2003 won't allow it. Go to Tools Macros Security Security Level (tab) ans set the security to High or Medium (as Jezebel says Low is dangerous) and see if that helps. If that doesn't help, or you don't want to do that, you'll need to find out what's trying to run. I'm sure there's a FAQ on http://word.mvps.org/faqs/ somewhere but I don't know the exact one off the top of my head. Come back if you're stuck. -- Enjoy, Tony "Jezebel" wrote in message ... It's nothing to do with set-up. It's an on-going issue, explained if you type 'Security' into Help. Go to Tools Macro Security to change the settings. The challenge is to find a setting that both lets you run the macros you want, and blocks code in documents downloaded or sent to you by strangers. To enable your own macros to run you can a) check 'Trust access to Visual Basic project' on the trusted publishers tab, or b) put them in an add-in and check 'Trust all installed add-ins and templates', or c) run SelfCert.exe to create a personal certificate and sign the VBA project, or d) set security to low. This last option is likely to end in tears unless the computer has no internet access or you're on a network with other security measures in place. "Geoff_from_Oz" wrote in message ... I have newly installed Office 2003 and whenever I open Word I get a message headed Microsoft Visual Basic that says "The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros". The online help instructions relating to rerunning setup did not fic the problem. Can anyone please help me? |
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How do I fix "macros disabled"? The Help instr did not help!
The most likely cause of the message is an add-in that's stored in the
wrong folder. Read the last footnote in http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...peningWord.htm for how to find Word's two Startup folders -- usually one under the Program Files folder and one under the Documents and Settings folder. Look for a .dot file in the Startup folder under Program Files, and move it to the Startup folder under Documents and Settings. Other articles on finding add-ins are http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...sInstalled.htm and http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...514521033.aspx. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:39:35 +0100, "Tony Jollans" No Mail wrote: Trust access to Visual Basic Project has a very specific meaning and does not enable/disable macros. From the sound of the problem you have an Add-In of some sort which runs code when Word starts up - except that the default security settings in Word 2003 won't allow it. Go to Tools Macros Security Security Level (tab) ans set the security to High or Medium (as Jezebel says Low is dangerous) and see if that helps. If that doesn't help, or you don't want to do that, you'll need to find out what's trying to run. I'm sure there's a FAQ on http://word.mvps.org/faqs/ somewhere but I don't know the exact one off the top of my head. Come back if you're stuck. -- Enjoy, Tony "Jezebel" wrote in message ... It's nothing to do with set-up. It's an on-going issue, explained if you type 'Security' into Help. Go to Tools Macro Security to change the settings. The challenge is to find a setting that both lets you run the macros you want, and blocks code in documents downloaded or sent to you by strangers. To enable your own macros to run you can a) check 'Trust access to Visual Basic project' on the trusted publishers tab, or b) put them in an add-in and check 'Trust all installed add-ins and templates', or c) run SelfCert.exe to create a personal certificate and sign the VBA project, or d) set security to low. This last option is likely to end in tears unless the computer has no internet access or you're on a network with other security measures in place. "Geoff_from_Oz" wrote in message ... I have newly installed Office 2003 and whenever I open Word I get a message headed Microsoft Visual Basic that says "The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to the online help or documentation of the host application to determine how to enable macros". The online help instructions relating to rerunning setup did not fic the problem. Can anyone please help me? |
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