XL2000: Macro Virus Warning Does Not Appear When You Open a Text File That Contains XLM Code

When you open a workbook that contains macros, you may not be warned that the workbook contains macros.

This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:

• The workbook contains macros written in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 (XLM) macro language.
  
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• The workbook has been saved in one of the following file formats:
  
  
  • Text (Tab delimited)
  • CSV (Comma delimited)
  • Unicode Text
  • Text (Macintosh)
  • Text (MS-DOS)
  • CSV (Macintosh)
  • CSV (MS-DOS)
  • DIF (Data Interchange Format)

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).

To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Although you are not warned that the workbook contains macros, the macros cannot be run automatically.