WD2000: Digital Signature Is Lost When You Save Word Document (220806)

SYMPTOMS

When you save a Word document that contains a digitally signed macro, the digital signature is lost.

This problem occurs with any of the following:

Cause 1

When you make changes to a digitally signed macro and try to save your changes, you receive the following message to indicate the loss of the digital signature:

Resolution

To prevent this problem, make the changes to your macro on the system that was used to create the digital signature.

Cause 2

When you programmatically try to save a document that contains a digitally signed macro, the digital signature is lost. For example, if you use the following sample macro to save your Word document, the digital signature is lost with no warning message:

Application.ActiveDocument.SaveAs "C:\Test.doc"
				

Resolution

To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 2000 update from the following Microsoft Web site: IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 2000 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 1/1a. If you install the latest update for Word 2000, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 1/1a.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem is fixed in the latest Word 2000 update.

Cause 3

When you save a Word document that contains a digitally signed macro, and the document is saved in the foreground, even if the Allow background saves option is selected, the digital signature is lost.

For example, when you save a mail merge main document, and it contains a digitally signed macro, the digital signature is lost.

For additional information about the problem of the mail merge main document being saved in the foreground, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Resolution

To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 2000 update from the following Microsoft Web site: IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 2000 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 1/1a. If you install the latest update for Word 2000, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 1/1a.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 2000, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem is fixed in the latest Word 2000 update.