WD97: Embedded Document's Custom and Built-in Properties Lost If VBA Module Present (265623)

SYMPTOMS

Custom and built-in properties of a Word document can be lost when a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) module is present and one of the following conditions is true:

You embed a Microsoft Word document object that contains a VBA module within a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word document.

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You add a VBA module to a Word document embedded within Excel or Word.

RESOLUTION

To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Wd97mcrs.aspx

IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97

To temporarily work around this problem, use linked instead of embedded documents.

STATUS

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 the Word 97 Leap Year Fix.