Charles
Mon Dec 24 13:13:20 PST 2007
Dear Jay,
When I reached the Add-In list I noticed that did not have any active
add-ins. However, under the Inactive add-inns I had 4. Since MS Office is
installed on my D:\ drive and 3 of the inactive locations are on the D:\
drive and one on the C:\ drive. It was located at C:\Document and
Settings\User\Application
ata\Microsoft\Word\Startup\Finereader6.sprint.dot - I changed it to
Finereader6.sprint.old. I then opened MS Word with no problem. The file
"normal.dotm" has returned so I just deleted the normal.old. So far so
good. Thanks again and have a Merry Christmas. Stayed tuned, because now I
can't open a particular PPS file, same error message as above. When I follow
the above fix and get to #4 there is no Document Information Bar, but I
think the help file imbedded in the error message will guide me through
it. - Charles
"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:h73um35uf8dups7mb555gg2upf6k2apkaa@4ax.com...
> The message is telling you that Word thinks there's an unauthorized
> macro trying to run when you start Word. Creating a new normal.dotm
> guarantees that there are no macros in it.
>
> The next step is to start Word in a mode that prevents loading of
> normal.dotm, all add-ins, and all registry customizations, to see if
> that stops the messages. On the Start menu, click Run and enter the
> command
>
> winword.exe /a
>
> (Note that there's a space before the slash character.)
>
> If Word opens without the message, and you've already replaced
> normal.dotm, then the remaining possibilities are a poorly written
> add-in or a corrupted registry setting. I've never heard of a registry
> setting causing the macro warning message, so an add-in would be the
> prime suspect.
>
> In Word, you can go to the Office button, click Word Options, click
> the Add-Ins tab, and see a list of active add-ins. Select a kind of
> add-in in the Manage box and click the Go button, and uncheck all of
> the items that appear. Repeat for all of the add-in types. Then start
> restoring them, one at a time, and restarting Word. If one of them
> makes the message start appearing, that one is the cause of the
> problem.
>
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:23:42 -0500, "Charles"
> <cemery@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>
>>I followed your instructions to the letter. When I open MS Word 2007 I
>>get
>>the same message. Every time I open it - it creates a new normal.dotm -
>>the
>>normal.old is present along with the dotm file.
>>
>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:mpctm3derkuftbai51amnsnfsiplse7m95@4ax.com...
>>> The statements in the error message are true but completely
>>> irrelevant. (That's the point of a famous joke about Microsoft, but I
>>> digress...)
>>>
>>> The cure is this:
>>>
>>> 1. Exit from Word.
>>>
>>> 2. Open the file manager variously known as "Windows Explorer", "My
>>> Computer", or "Computer" depending on your version of Windows.
>>>
>>> 3. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options. In the dialog that
>>> appears, click the View tab. Select the option to show hidden folders
>>> and files. Click OK. (If you skip this step, the next step won't
>>> work.)
>>>
>>> 4. Use the Search tool to find the file Normal.dotm.
>>>
>>> 5. Rename the file to Normal.old.
>>>
>>> 6. Restart Word.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:54:49 -0500, "Charles"
>>> <cemery@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>When I open MS Word 2007 I get a warning window (shown below) by just
>>>>opening the application. I also receive the warning if I double click a
>>>>doc
>>>>or docx file. This problem started with Power Point when I tried to
>>>>view
>>>>a
>>>>PPS. file which I believe was corrupt. Power Point is no longer a
>>>>problem,
>>>>just MS Word 2007.
>>>>This is what is popping up, I've tried all the instructions but it keeps
>>>>appearing with every opening of the program. How do I shut it off?
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>This error usually occurs because of macro security settings. If you
>>>>know
>>>>that the macro comes from a source that you trust, you can change your
>>>>macro
>>>>security settings to allow you to enable the macro. The way that you
>>>>change
>>>>your macro security settings depends on the Microsoft Office System
>>>>program
>>>>that you are using.
>>>>
>>>> a.. Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office
>>>>PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Word --
>>>>
>>>> To check your macro security settings, click the Microsoft Office
>>>> Button,
>>>>click <program name> Options, click Trust Center, and then click Trust
>>>>Center Settings.
>>>> a.. If macro security is set to Disable all macros without
>>>> notification,
>>>>all macros are automatically disabled. Use the following procedure to
>>>>enable
>>>>the macro.
>>>> 1.. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Macro Settings, and then
>>>>click Disable all macros with notification.
>>>> 2.. Click OK in the Trust Center dialog box to apply the new
>>>> setting.
>>>>Click OK to close the program options dialog box.
>>>> 3.. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are
>>>>using.
>>>> 4.. Open the file again. A Security Alert appears in the Document
>>>>Information Bar just below the ribbon. Click Enable Content to allow the
>>>>macro to run.
>>>> 5.. When you have enabled the macro, it is recommended that you
>>>> return
>>>>the macro security setting to Disable all macros without notification.
>>>> b.. If macro security is set to Disable all macros with
>>>> notification,
>>>>but you selected Disable when prompted by the macro warning dialog when
>>>>you
>>>>opened the file, use the following procedure to enable the macro.
>>>> 1.. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Cancel. Click Cancel to
>>>>close the program options dialog box.
>>>> 2.. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are
>>>>using.
>>>> 3.. Open the file again. A Security Alert appears in the Document
>>>>Information Bar just below the ribbon. Click Enable Content to allow the
>>>>macro to run.
>>>> c.. If macro security is set to Disable all macros except digitally
>>>>signed macros, the macro may not have been digitally signed. Verify that
>>>>you
>>>>can trust the macro before using the following procedure to allow it to
>>>>run.
>>>> 1.. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Cancel. Click Cancel to
>>>>close the program options dialog box.
>>>> 2.. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are
>>>>using.
>>>> 3.. Open the file again. A Security Alert appears in the Document
>>>>Information Bar just below the ribbon. Click Enable Content to allow the
>>>>macro to run.
>
> --
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> Jay Freedman
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