Disabling macros warnings

[Guest]

Hi folks, have read thru a similar thread in this forum but not sure that my
situation fits the solutions listed in a previous thread from 2004.

I have created a brand new document from scratch using MS Word which is a
feedback form on which a user can electronically select check boxes and type
in comments.

The document
- has had text copied into it from another document which i believe had no
macros in it
- uses tables to create the look and feel of the feedback form
- has had no macros created or inserted by me

My problem is that for some reason when i open the doc i get the "enable or
disable macros" options. I've never managed this before but I am new to
this organisation so not sure if there are some settings i'm unaware of.

I want to send this document out to a large number of users without this
warning.

Any ideas how i can disable the warning? is this coming from the normal.dot
template?

Help.

Matt

 

[Jezebel]

Word considers that a document has macros if it has any code modules, even
if those modules are empty. Switch to VBA and have a look. Press Alt-F11. In
the top-left window you'll see all the open documents and loaded templates
and add-ins. Check which have any modules, class modules, or forms. Chances
are someone once recorded a macro and left it in the normal.dot you've
inherited.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

If you used checkboxes from the Controls Toolbox in your form, you'll
trigger a macro warning because these don't function without code. Instead,
look into what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. For more
about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/LinesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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[Guest]

Hi thx for the response. I'm not a expert user of Word but followed your
instructions below re switching to VBA. I'm not really sure what i'm
looking for though re "modules, class modules, or forms", but there is stuff
there.

Your comment though re inheriting stuff from the normal.dot makes sense to
me but wouldn't that mean that everytime i use that template i'd get the same
warning? I've tried creating a brand new doc - a real simple one with just
text. i saved and closed when completed. when i open after closing i don't
get the macros warning. doesn't that imply that there are no macros
inherited from the normal.dot template?

By the way, I used a form field from the Forms tool bar to insert the
multiple check boxes i have.

If you have any more ideas, i'm all ears.

cheers,
matt

 

[Guest]

Thx for the response. I used checkboxes from the Forms toolbar as opposed to
the Controls Toolbox.

Thx for the references. i'll have a good read.

cheers,
matt

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Documents do _not_ get macros in them from macros in their template unless
you go to a lot of work to do so.

See my other message about controls from the Controls Toolbox.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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