I received a Word e-mail attachment. When I try to open it, I get this error:

An error occurred while loading 'ThisDocument'. Do you want to continue
loading this project?

When I click on Yes, the document opens. However, another user tried to
open the same file and when she answered Yes, she got an error report.

Do you know what would cause this

It's generally a bad idea to open Word documents directly from attachments.
Try saving the document to the HD first.

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Words into Type
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"Diana" wrote in message
...
I received a Word e-mail attachment. When I try to open it, I get this
error:

An error occurred while loading 'ThisDocument'. Do you want to continue
loading this project?

When I click on Yes, the document opens. However, another user tried to
open the same file and when she answered Yes, she got an error report.

Do you know what would cause this

I get the error regardless of whether I open it from the e-mail or save it
and then open it.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It's generally a bad idea to open Word documents directly from attachments.
Try saving the document to the HD first.

--
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.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I received a Word e-mail attachment. When I try to open it, I get this
error:

An error occurred while loading 'ThisDocument'. Do you want to continue
loading this project?

When I click on Yes, the document opens. However, another user tried to
open the same file and when she answered Yes, she got an error report.

Do you know what would cause this

Someone has kindly sent you a virus. Fortunately, they're not much of a
coder: their code has failed when it tried to run (possibly because your
antivirus is smarter than they are and has removed it...) :-)

The reference to "Project" is the key: it means the "Visual Basic for
Applications code project contained within the document": in other words,
the container in the document that stores computer code.


On 28/3/06 6:02 AM, in article
, "Diana"
wrote:

I get the error regardless of whether I open it from the e-mail or save it
and then open it.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It's generally a bad idea to open Word documents directly from attachments.
Try saving the document to the HD first.

--
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.

"Diana" wrote in message
...
I received a Word e-mail attachment. When I try to open it, I get this
error:

An error occurred while loading 'ThisDocument'. Do you want to continue
loading this project?

When I click on Yes, the document opens. However, another user tried to
open the same file and when she answered Yes, she got an error report.

Do you know what would cause this



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