WD2000: Error Message: "Word could not fire the event."

ID: Q224060

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

ERROR MESSAGE

When you run a macro or try to start the Visual Basic Editor, the following error message may appear:

Word could not fire the event.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/downloadDetails/alerts.htm

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

CAUSE

There is insufficient disk space or low RAM memory resources.

The Normal.dot template file is damaged.

An incorrect version of the Vbe6.dll file exists.

WHAT TO TRY

For All Causes

For additional information about resolving and troubleshooting this error, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212669 WD2000: Errors Starting the Visual Basic Editor

Additional query words: OFF2000


Keywords          : kbdta 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb