How do I enable macros in Word 2002?

Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to
the online help or documentation of the host application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click OK, the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

Sargis,

Out of the box Word Macro Security is set to high. This
is the cause of your message.

ToolsMacrosSecurity will open the dialog box to set your
preferred security level. I use Medium with "Trust All
Installed Addins and Templates" checked on the trusted
sources tab.
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to
the online help or documentation of the host application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click OK, the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis
.

Did you use Word's "Type a question for help" box to type "enable macros"?
When I do that, the first topic listed is "Macro language support is
disabled." This article contains the information you need.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to
the online help or documentation of the host application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click OK, the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

-----Original Message-----
Did you use Word's "Type a question for help" box to
type "enable macros"?
When I do that, the first topic listed is "Macro
language support is
disabled." This article contains the information you
need.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer
to
the online help or documentation of the host
application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click OK,
the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is
suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

.

Greg & Suzanne,

Thank you for your response. However none of those have
solve the problem.

Greg: Changing the security level replaces one message
with another one. The new message is asking whether you
want to Enable, Disable macros or cancel.

Suzanne: I did use the "type a question for help" box,
but there was no such item as "Macro language Support is
Disabled". Howevere, if this is the solution, How do I
enable macros language support?

I need to mention that the message in question wasn't
always there. One day when I started the Word, it just
appeared. I don't think I have made any changes to Word
settings, at least not intentionally.

Thanks

Sargis

If you set the security to Medium (Tools | Macro | Security), then you will
get a message allowing you to enable the macros. If you're getting the
message when you start Word, then you have add-ins in Word's (or the Office)
Startup folder that are trying to run macros. If you check the box for
"Trust all installed templates and add-ins" on the Trusted Sources tab, then
all the templates in your user and workgroup templates folders and all
global templates and add-ins in Word's Startup folder will be trusted, and
you will not get a message. Unfortunately, this trust does not extend to the
Office Startup folder, but the message should also give you the option to
"Always trust macros from whoever," which will solve that problem.

It's always a good idea, however, to be aware of what templates and add-ins
are loaded when you start Word. Some of them contain macros that, while not
malicious, are poorly written. They may dirty Normal.dot so that you are
prompted to save it every time you quit Word. Or they may have been written
for an earlier version of Word and not work very well in the current one.
Any add-ins that don't work correctly or that you don't really need should
be eliminated.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...

-----Original Message-----
Did you use Word's "Type a question for help" box to
type "enable macros"?
When I do that, the first topic listed is "Macro
language support is
disabled." This article contains the information you
need.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer
to
the online help or documentation of the host
application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click OK,
the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is
suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

.

Greg & Suzanne,

Thank you for your response. However none of those have
solve the problem.

Greg: Changing the security level replaces one message
with another one. The new message is asking whether you
want to Enable, Disable macros or cancel.

Suzanne: I did use the "type a question for help" box,
but there was no such item as "Macro language Support is
Disabled". Howevere, if this is the solution, How do I
enable macros language support?

I need to mention that the message in question wasn't
always there. One day when I started the Word, it just
appeared. I don't think I have made any changes to Word
settings, at least not intentionally.

Thanks

Sargis

-----Original Message-----
If you set the security to Medium (Tools | Macro |
Security), then you will
get a message allowing you to enable the macros. If
you're getting the
message when you start Word, then you have add-ins in
Word's (or the Office)
Startup folder that are trying to run macros. If you
check the box for
"Trust all installed templates and add-ins" on the
Trusted Sources tab, then
all the templates in your user and workgroup templates
folders and all
global templates and add-ins in Word's Startup folder
will be trusted, and
you will not get a message. Unfortunately, this trust
does not extend to the
Office Startup folder, but the message should also give
you the option to
"Always trust macros from whoever," which will solve
that problem.

It's always a good idea, however, to be aware of what
templates and add-ins
are loaded when you start Word. Some of them contain
macros that, while not
malicious, are poorly written. They may dirty Normal.dot
so that you are
prompted to save it every time you quit Word. Or they
may have been written
for an earlier version of Word and not work very well in
the current one.
Any add-ins that don't work correctly or that you don't
really need should
be eliminated.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in
message
...

-----Original Message-----
Did you use Word's "Type a question for help" box to
type "enable macros"?
When I do that, the first topic listed is "Macro
language support is
disabled." This article contains the information you
need.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-
ups
to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic
appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please
refer
to
the online help or documentation of the host
application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click
OK,
the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is
suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to
follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

.

Greg & Suzanne,

Thank you for your response. However none of those have
solve the problem.

Greg: Changing the security level replaces one message
with another one. The new message is asking whether you
want to Enable, Disable macros or cancel.

Suzanne: I did use the "type a question for help" box,
but there was no such item as "Macro language Support
is
Disabled". Howevere, if this is the solution, How do I
enable macros language support?

I need to mention that the message in question wasn't
always there. One day when I started the Word, it just
appeared. I don't think I have made any changes to Word
settings, at least not intentionally.

Thanks

Sargis



I finally got rid of the message.
When I set the macros security level to medium, the
message that was asking me to enable or disable macros
was for a file in the Microsoft Startup folder called
WFWRD2K2.DOT. Once I deleted that file, the message
stopped.
I don't even know what file this is, and I hope I havn't
messed up other things by fixing this problem!

WFWRD2K2.DOT is for Symantec WinFax Pro. It enables you to send a fax
from Word.

Sargis wrote:
-----Original Message-----
If you set the security to Medium (Tools | Macro |

Security), then you will

get a message allowing you to enable the macros. If

you're getting the

message when you start Word, then you have add-ins in

Word's (or the Office)

Startup folder that are trying to run macros. If you

check the box for

"Trust all installed templates and add-ins" on the

Trusted Sources tab, then

all the templates in your user and workgroup templates

folders and all

global templates and add-ins in Word's Startup folder

will be trusted, and

you will not get a message. Unfortunately, this trust

does not extend to the

Office Startup folder, but the message should also give

you the option to

"Always trust macros from whoever," which will solve

that problem.

It's always a good idea, however, to be aware of what

templates and add-ins

are loaded when you start Word. Some of them contain

macros that, while not

malicious, are poorly written. They may dirty Normal.dot

so that you are

prompted to save it every time you quit Word. Or they

may have been written

for an earlier version of Word and not work very well in

the current one.

Any add-ins that don't work correctly or that you don't

really need should

be eliminated.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups

to the newsgroup so

all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in

message

...

-----Original Message-----
Did you use Word's "Type a question for help" box to

type "enable macros"?

When I do that, the first topic listed is "Macro

language support is

disabled." This article contains the information you

need.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-

ups

to the newsgroup so

all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
. ..

Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic

appears:

"The macros in this project are disabled. Please

refer

to

the online help or documentation of the host

application

to determine how to enable macros." After I click

OK,

the

application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is

suggesing I

should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to

follow

steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

.


Greg & Suzanne,

Thank you for your response. However none of those have
solve the problem.

Greg: Changing the security level replaces one message
with another one. The new message is asking whether you
want to Enable, Disable macros or cancel.

Suzanne: I did use the "type a question for help" box,
but there was no such item as "Macro language Support

is

Disabled". Howevere, if this is the solution, How do I
enable macros language support?

I need to mention that the message in question wasn't
always there. One day when I started the Word, it just
appeared. I don't think I have made any changes to Word
settings, at least not intentionally.

Thanks

Sargis




I finally got rid of the message.
When I set the macros security level to medium, the
message that was asking me to enable or disable macros
was for a file in the Microsoft Startup folder called
WFWRD2K2.DOT. Once I deleted that file, the message
stopped.
I don't even know what file this is, and I hope I havn't
messed up other things by fixing this problem!

As 'Garfield-n-odie' indicates this is the Winfax add-in. You could have
told Word to trust installed templates and add-ins, but as this particular
add-in is frequently problematic, removing it is no bad thing. You can still
send faxes from Word by printing to the Winfax driver. A macro makes this
even simpler -

Sub FaxPrint()
Dim sCurrentPrinter As String
sCurrentPrinter = ActivePrinter
ActivePrinter = "Winfax"
Application.PrintOut FileName:=""
ActivePrinter = sCurrentPrinter
End Sub

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word



Sargis wrote:
-----Original Message-----
If you set the security to Medium (Tools | Macro | Security), then
you will get a message allowing you to enable the macros. If you're
getting the message when you start Word, then you have add-ins in
Word's (or the Office) Startup folder that are trying to run macros.
If you check the box for "Trust all installed templates and add-ins"
on the Trusted Sources tab, then all the templates in your user and
workgroup templates folders and all global templates and add-ins in
Word's Startup folder will be trusted, and you will not get a
message. Unfortunately, this trust does not extend to the Office
Startup folder, but the message should also give you the option to
"Always trust macros from whoever," which will solve that problem.

It's always a good idea, however, to be aware of what templates and
add-ins are loaded when you start Word. Some of them contain macros
that, while not malicious, are poorly written. They may dirty
Normal.dot so that you are prompted to save it every time you quit
Word. Or they
may have been written
for an earlier version of Word and not work very well in the current
one. Any add-ins that don't work correctly or that you don't really
need should be eliminated.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...

-----Original Message-----
Did you use Word's "Type a question for help" box to type "enable
macros"? When I do that, the first topic listed is "Macro language
support is disabled." This article contains the information you
need.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow- ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"Sargis" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Whenever I start or close the word application, the
follwoing message from Microsoft Visual Basic appears:
"The macros in this project are disabled. Please refer to
the online help or documentation of the host application
to determine how to enable macros." After I click OK, the
application starts.

I couldn't find any help where the message is suggesing I
should look!

I would appreciate a solution in simple easy to follow
steps, since I'm not a computer wiz.

Thanks

Sargis

.

Greg & Suzanne,

Thank you for your response. However none of those have
solve the problem.

Greg: Changing the security level replaces one message
with another one. The new message is asking whether you
want to Enable, Disable macros or cancel.

Suzanne: I did use the "type a question for help" box,
but there was no such item as "Macro language Support is
Disabled". Howevere, if this is the solution, How do I
enable macros language support?

I need to mention that the message in question wasn't
always there. One day when I started the Word, it just
appeared. I don't think I have made any changes to Word
settings, at least not intentionally.

Thanks

Sargis



I finally got rid of the message.
When I set the macros security level to medium, the
message that was asking me to enable or disable macros
was for a file in the Microsoft Startup folder called
WFWRD2K2.DOT. Once I deleted that file, the message
stopped.
I don't even know what file this is, and I hope I havn't
messed up other things by fixing this problem!