WD98: VBA Error Opening a Document Based on Contemporary Memo

• Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you open a document based on the Contemporary Memo template, you may receive one of the following Visual Basic error messages:

   Microsoft Visual Basic Error
   Compile Error:
   Can't find project or library

   -or-

   Could not open macro storage.

If you try to run a macro after exiting from the windows mentioned above, you will receive the following Visual Basic error message:

   Can't execute code in break mode

CAUSE

You will not be able to run another macro or to create a new one because the macro that failed when you tried to open the document based on the Contemporary Memo template will be in break mode.

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem of the failed macro being in break mode, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.

2. On the Visual Basic toolbar, click the Reset button.

3. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Word."

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.