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Sample macro to print all Word documents found in a folder
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications routine (macro) that can be used to print all Microsoft Word documents that are found in the specified folder. Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only,...
How to print a list of AutoCorrect entries in Word
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro ( Sub procedure) that inserts all AutoCorrect entries into a document that you can then print. Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without...
How to implement the Application.AutomationSecurity property in Office XP
Describes how to use the Application.AutomationSecurity property to let Office XP programs support security for solutions that programmatically open a document. This property can help your solutions avoid opening an document that is not safe...

When you use pen functions while a custom program saves changes to a document, Word 2003 unexpectedly quits
Describes a problem where Word 2003 may unexpectedly quit when you use pen functions while you run a custom program that programmatically saves changes to a document and then closes the document.
A nested conditional field that contains a DocProperty field or a DocVariable field may not be updated as expected in a header or in a footer in Word 2003
Describes a problem where a nested conditional field that contains a DocProperty field or a DocVariable field may not update as expected in a header or footer in Word 2003. Provides information about a hotfix to resolve this problem.
The DocumentChange event may run unexpectedly when you run a VBA macro that changes specific story ranges in a Word 2003 document
Describes a problem where the DocumentChange event may run unexpectedly when you run a VBA macro that changes specific story ranges in a Word 2003 document. Provides a hotfix.

Error message when you open a smart document solution on a computer that is running Windows Vista: "The XML expansion pack or the smart document program is missing or invalid"
Describes an issue where you receive a "The XML expansion pack or the Smart Document program is missing or invalid" error message when you open a smart document solution on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Vista. Provides a workaround.
You cannot send e-mail messages from Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Explains that the Send To command on the File menu and the SendMail method in VBA may not work when you use Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Includes a workaround where you can use Outlook or Outlook Express to send e-mail messages.
You receive a “Run-time error '4609': "String too long" error message when you assign a value to a FormField object in Word
Describes an issue in which you receive a “Run-time error '4609': "String too long" error message when you assign a value of a variable to a FormField object in Word 2007, Word 97 and Word 2003.