WD2000: Error Message: Word Could Not Fire the Event (224060)

ERROR MESSAGE

When you run a macro or try to start the Visual Basic Editor, the following error message may appear:

Word could not fire the event.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.

THINGS TO TRY

For All Causes

For additional information about resolving and troubleshooting this error, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212669 WD2000: Errors Starting the Visual Basic Editor