Microsoft KB Archive/105778

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Macro Recorder Turns Off After Tools Protect Document

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Q105778

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
If you turn on the macro recorder and then protect your document for forms using the following steps, Word for Windows automatically stops the macro recorder:


 * 1) From the Tools menu, choose Macro.
 * 2) Type a name in the Macro Name box and then choose the Record button.
 * 3) Choose OK in the Record Macro dialog box.
 * 4) From the Tools menu, choose Protect Document.
 * 5) Select the Forms option and then choose OK. Notice that the Macro Record toolbar disappears, and REC on the status bar turns off.

NOTE: Word does not turn off the macro recorder if you protect your document for revisions or annotations.

CAUSE
Word turns off the macro recorder because in a document protected for forms, the Macro command on the Tools menu is unavailable. No message appears to notify you that the macro recorder is no longer running. Kbcategory: kbusage kbmacro

Additional query words: 6.0 protected stops quits word6 winword stopped toolsprotectunprotectdocument

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