Excuse me if this question has already been answered. I have word document
that was created in Word 2003 that has a button control on it with VBA behind
the click event of the button. I have loaded this document in Office 2007
and the button works with no issues. I have saved it as a docm file and
Office 2007 can still open it and the button works. When I open the docm
document in Word 2003 with the compatibility pack installed the button is not
longer a button but a picture which is not longer attached to the VBA code.
The VBA code still exists in the document it is just that the button does not
convert to a button from docm to doc. Is there a reason for this?

Sorry, that's just one of the decisions Microsoft's developers made about
how the Compatibility Pack would deal with Office 2007 files. I can't defend
it, since I don't know the technical details involved.

It appears you have two alternatives. The less attractive one is to re-save
the document from Word 2007 in Word 2003 format; at least in my test, that
kept an operational command button in the document.

The better alternative is to replace the command button with a macrobutton
field (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...roToButton.htm) and
move the code to a subroutine in a regular module (in the VBA editor, select
the document and click Insert > Module). The name of the macro goes in the
code of the field. You can also make it so the macrobutton field needs only
a single click; see "Double-click or single-click" in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Paul1066 wrote:
> Excuse me if this question has already been answered. I have word
> document that was created in Word 2003 that has a button control on
> it with VBA behind the click event of the button. I have loaded this
> document in Office 2007 and the button works with no issues. I have
> saved it as a docm file and Office 2007 can still open it and the
> button works. When I open the docm document in Word 2003 with the
> compatibility pack installed the button is not longer a button but a
> picture which is not longer attached to the VBA code. The VBA code
> still exists in the document it is just that the button does not
> convert to a button from docm to doc. Is there a reason for this?

Thank you, that worked.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

> Sorry, that's just one of the decisions Microsoft's developers made about
> how the Compatibility Pack would deal with Office 2007 files. I can't defend
> it, since I don't know the technical details involved.
>
> It appears you have two alternatives. The less attractive one is to re-save
> the document from Word 2007 in Word 2003 format; at least in my test, that
> kept an operational command button in the document.
>
> The better alternative is to replace the command button with a macrobutton
> field (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...roToButton.htm) and
> move the code to a subroutine in a regular module (in the VBA editor, select
> the document and click Insert > Module). The name of the macro goes in the
> code of the field. You can also make it so the macrobutton field needs only
> a single click; see "Double-click or single-click" in
> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nksInForms.htm.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> Paul1066 wrote:
> > Excuse me if this question has already been answered. I have word
> > document that was created in Word 2003 that has a button control on
> > it with VBA behind the click event of the button. I have loaded this
> > document in Office 2007 and the button works with no issues. I have
> > saved it as a docm file and Office 2007 can still open it and the
> > button works. When I open the docm document in Word 2003 with the
> > compatibility pack installed the button is not longer a button but a
> > picture which is not longer attached to the VBA code. The VBA code
> > still exists in the document it is just that the button does not
> > convert to a button from docm to doc. Is there a reason for this?
>
>
> .
>