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Conference noted::windows95

Title:	Microsoft Windows 95 ("Chicago")
Notice:	Please read topics 1 to 22 before writing anything
Moderator:	EEMELI::BACKSTROM

Created:	Sun Nov 13 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2958
Total number of notes:	19968

2915.0. "Unable to save word doc in office 97" by CUJO::PADILLA () Wed Apr 30 1997 02:54

    help
    
    I recently installed office 97.  I am unable to save documents.  When I
    attempt to SAVE AS or SAVE I get a visual basic compile error.  From
    here it  throws me into what appears to be a visual basic debug
    session.  I finally found that I can save if I exit using the X, but
    not the pull down menu when it asks if I want to save it.  
    
    configuration
    generic box
    amd 486 100
    16 meg ram
    2.5 gb drive
    850 meg drive
    win 95
    plus!
    tons of misc programs (including v3 of visual basic - could this be
    interfering?)
    
    This was an  upgrade from wfw 3.11 and office 4.2

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2915.1		NAC::BULEAN::BANKS	Goose Cooker	`Wed Apr 30 1997 09:41`	7
	Could it be a word macro virus that didn't survive the change from Word Basic to VBA? As far as I know, saving a file should not normally invoke any Visual Basic code, unless some application (or virus) has been installed. Check your macros for the presence of an autoexec, autoload or autosave macro.
2915.2		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Wed Apr 30 1997 17:01`	5
	The "upgrade from wfw 3.11" is the key. You've got macros that invoke 16-bit DLLs, and this doesn't work with Word 97 (nor Word 95). Remove all the macro definitions from your template. Steve
2915.3	That worked	CUJO::PADILLA		`Wed Apr 30 1997 22:12`	11
	Macros were the problem. I deleted all the macros and now it seems to work just fine. I'm still a little confused about where they might have come from since I don't use them (embarassed to admit I don't know how yet) and I don't get any documents from any sources other than my own creation ( at least on that particular box). So, once again, Thanx!! Ernie
2915.4		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Wed Apr 30 1997 22:47`	4
	One place they can come from is fax utilities which add a macro so that you can fax a document directly from Word. Steve