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I have a Word document that was created in Word 2003 (or possibly Word 97). It contains a VBA macro. If I try to save it as a macro-enabled word document (.docm), I am unable.
After selecting Save As / Word Document, the Save As dialog box opens; I change the type to .docm; select Save, and an error message pops up:
Of course, I cannot save it as .docx since it contains a VBA project:
It seems to work properly as an Excel 97-2003 .doc document, but I'd like to figure out why I cannot save it in the .docm format.
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For the benefit of others, the issue was caused by some code in the macro in the document.
Of course. <sound of hand slapping forehead>
That I can do. And it still demonstrates that same behavior, even without the content.
Thank you
Delete the text from the document and then send it.
You are correct about Excel, I meant Word. Unfortunately, the document contains confidential information and I cannot release it. Hopefully you or someone can give me an idea of where to look. I could post the macro, if that would be of value in analyzing this.
I assume that the use of the word "Excel" in the last paragraph was a typo.
If you want to send me a copy of the .doc file, I will investigate the issue.