Article ID: 158060 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.1 WD97: VBA Code Lost After Converting to Another Document FormatThis article was previously published under Q158060 SYMPTOMS
When you save a Word 97 document that contains Visual Basic code in
another document format, such as Rich-Text Format (RTF), the Visual
Basic code is lost.
NOTE: In the version of Microsoft Word 97 prior to Service Release 1 (SR-1), Word does not display a warning dialog box that macros will be lost when you save to another document format. In Microsoft Word 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1), a warning appears as follows:
All macros in this document will be lost if the document is
saved in <Selected Document Format>. Do you want to save in this
format anyway?
CAUSE
None of the converters that ship with Word 97 supports the conversion of
Visual Basic code. If you need to save a document in a format other than
Word 97, make sure you have a backup copy of your Word 97 document before
you convert it.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word 97 for
Windows.
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
163435
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163435/EN-US/
)
VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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