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Why do my macros disappear?
Whenever I create macros they last for a while and then they stop working. I
get a message that says: "The macro can not be found or has been disabled becuase of your macro security settings". I don't do anything with my security settings so if the macro works once, it should work again. Also I get messages that say: "The file Normal.dot already exists. Do you want to replace the existing file?" I don't know what this means but I always click yes. Another message I get is this: "Word automatically saved changes to the normal document template. Do you want to load it?" Again I say yes, but then sometime later I will lose my macros. Are these messages significant to macros? Should I be answering no to these questions? I am tired of having to re-create my macros all the time. I don't know why they stop working. Can anyone help? Thanks, Lisa Cardoza |
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For some reason, Word is replacing your normal.dot with a new one.
Start by checking out http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm Start Word and check tools options save prompt to save normal.dot and tools options save always create backup copy. Close Word - if you get a prompt to save normal.dot - do so. Open Word. Close it again. It should close without a prompt. If it doesn't, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm Open Word and recreate any missing macros. You can save normal.dot from the vba editor. In future, the answer to both those particular questions should probably be NO, and are prompted by crash conditions, so start by clearing out temporary files and save normal.dot (rather than replace it) If you make changes during your work that are reflected as changes to normal.dot (such as creating macros/autotexts/toolbars etc), there will be a different prompt which says that changes have been made to normal.dot. You can choose to save these changes or not depending on whether you want to keep them for the next session. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Lisa wrote: Whenever I create macros they last for a while and then they stop working. I get a message that says: "The macro can not be found or has been disabled because of your macro security settings". I don't do anything with my security settings so if the macro works once, it should work again. Also I get messages that say: "The file Normal.dot already exists. Do you want to replace the existing file?" I don't know what this means but I always click yes. Another message I get is this: "Word automatically saved changes to the normal document template. Do you want to load it?" Again I say yes, but then sometime later I will lose my macros. Are these messages significant to macros? Should I be answering no to these questions? I am tired of having to re-create my macros all the time. I don't know why they stop working. Can anyone help? Thanks, Lisa Cardoza |
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These particular questions are also often prompted by poorly written add-ins
such as the Norton Office Plug-in (which should be disabled) and the Microsoft Works Suite Add-in for Word (which should be uninstalled). -- 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. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... For some reason, Word is replacing your normal.dot with a new one. Start by checking out http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm Start Word and check tools options save prompt to save normal.dot and tools options save always create backup copy. Close Word - if you get a prompt to save normal.dot - do so. Open Word. Close it again. It should close without a prompt. If it doesn't, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...peningWord.htm Open Word and recreate any missing macros. You can save normal.dot from the vba editor. In future, the answer to both those particular questions should probably be NO, and are prompted by crash conditions, so start by clearing out temporary files and save normal.dot (rather than replace it) If you make changes during your work that are reflected as changes to normal.dot (such as creating macros/autotexts/toolbars etc), there will be a different prompt which says that changes have been made to normal.dot. You can choose to save these changes or not depending on whether you want to keep them for the next session. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Lisa wrote: Whenever I create macros they last for a while and then they stop working. I get a message that says: "The macro can not be found or has been disabled because of your macro security settings". I don't do anything with my security settings so if the macro works once, it should work again. Also I get messages that say: "The file Normal.dot already exists. Do you want to replace the existing file?" I don't know what this means but I always click yes. Another message I get is this: "Word automatically saved changes to the normal document template. Do you want to load it?" Again I say yes, but then sometime later I will lose my macros. Are these messages significant to macros? Should I be answering no to these questions? I am tired of having to re-create my macros all the time. I don't know why they stop working. Can anyone help? Thanks, Lisa Cardoza |
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I also lose my macros every so often. so much so that I started keeping track of when it happens. since 11-19-12 they lasted until 07-04-13, then lost 3 months later, then a month after that. I now keep a copy and paste document in a word file as backups so that I can easily make my macros again.
I also get a "ghost" screen when pulling up documents every once in a while, especially when pullup up multiple documents. I have to right click on the "ghost" screen, close it, then re-open it to view it. word 2013 is the worst upgrade I have ever seen on word. I've had it for about 1.5 years now and still not used to where they put everything. Quote:
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