IA Deletes Auto Macros from Downloaded Templates

ID: Q125991

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0z, 2.0z
Microsoft Word for Windows 95 version 7.0
Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c

SYMPTOMS

You may receive the following WordBasic error 1517 when opening a Word document, template, or HTML file that contains autoexecuting macros:

     "Word cannot find the designated menu item"

CAUSE

Internet Assistant deletes AutoOpen, AutoClose, and AutoNew macros from documents and templates to prevent the possibility of a downloaded Word document executing any damaging macros, such as files being erased files from the hard disk.

MORE INFORMATION

Internet Assistant automatically removes any Auto macros from a document that is opened. This is done to insure that you are not faced with the risk of a destructive Auto macro starting when a Word document from Internet is opened.

or additional information about autoexecuting macros such as AutoExec, AutoNew, AutoOpen, AutoClose, and AutoExit, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q70991
   TITLE     : Auto Macros in Word for Windows

KBCategory: kbusage kberrmsg KBSubcategory: kbhtml Additional query words: iaword 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword word6 ia error message errmsg auto execute executing 1.0 1.0z 2.0

Keywords          : kbhtml kbwdinternet 
Version           : 1.0z 2.0z 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998