This is not really an "error" message; it's just an informational message
(if you click "Show Help," you'll learn more about what it means). VBA
(Visual Basic for Applications) is the language in which Word (and other
Office) macros are written. A macro is a very short bit of program code that
performs some operation (see Word's Help topic "About macros"). The message
indicates that macros are disabled, presumably because of your Security
settings. There are two things you need to do:
1. Go to Tools | Macro | Security and set the security level to Medium. This
will ensure that when you try to open a document containing macros, you will
be given a choice of whether or not to enable them. If the document is from
a known source, and you trust it, you can enable the macros. If you prefer,
you can disable the macros; if you don't expect to be using the macros, but
just plan to read the document, this is the sensible thing to do.
2. On the Trusted Sources tab of the Security dialog, check the box for
"Trust all installed templates and add-ins." This will ensure that macros in
templates in the user templates and workgroup templates folders are trusted,
along with macros in templates and add-ins in Word's Startup folder.
Unfortunately, the trust does not extend to templates/add-ins in the Office
Startup folder or to documents, but with security set at Medium, you'll get
a chance to okay them.
None of this should have any bearing on ability to paste, however.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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