Microsoft KB Archive/125991

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IA Deletes Auto Macros from Downloaded Templates

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Q125991

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0z, 2.0z
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 7.0
 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c

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SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following WordBasic error 1517 when opening a Word document, template, or HTML file that contains autoexecuting macros:

"Word cannot find the designated menu item"

CAUSE
Internet Assistant deletes AutoOpen, AutoClose, and AutoNew macros from documents and templates to prevent the possibility of a downloaded Word document executing any damaging macros, such as files being erased files from the hard disk.

MORE INFORMATION
Internet Assistant automatically removes any Auto macros from a document that is opened. This is done to insure that you are not faced with the risk of a destructive Auto macro starting when a Word document from Internet is opened.

or additional information about autoexecuting macros such as AutoExec, AutoNew, AutoOpen, AutoClose, and AutoExit, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q70991 Auto Macros in Word for Windows" Additional query words: iaword 6.0 winword word6 ia error message errmsg auto execute executing 1.0 2.0

Keywords : kbhtml kbwdinternet

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