[Cindy M.]

Hi LuDean,

It's just that I don't want to be
reminded of it everytime I save the file. Presumably, once you have saved
it, it should have been saved without the offending Word 97 feature.. right?
So why does it keep telling you each time thereafter, even though you have
not added anymore of the offending features during your current editing
session?

I didn't design it, and I don't work for Microsoft :-) I presume it's a safety
measure so no one can come back to MS and wail and whine that they weren't
warned data could be lost...

This indicates the file has opened in Design mode. I'm guessing your Macro
Security is set to "high" and that the file contains ActiveX controls
(fields
from the Controls Toolbox) and/or macros. Word is deactivating them due to
the
"High" security setting and letting you know by showing you the document
is in
"design" mdoe.

As far as I know, there are no macros in my file. How would I find out if
there are any active-x controls?

Try copying everything but the last paragraph mark into a new document.
Save, close, then open it again. Do you still get the prompt?

If you do, it contains ActiveX controls. If you don't, then perhaps the
document once did - once this is activated in a document it doesn't go away.
Best is to use the copied document you just created...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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