UserForm activates the first document it was loaded from (275977)

SYMPTOMS

You create a Microsoft Word template that contains a UserForm. You then open two or more documents that use the same template. When you do this, you may unexpectedly switch to the wrong document when you show the UserForm.

CAUSE

This problem can occur if all the following conditions are true:

You create a global template that contains a macro.
The macro shows a UserForm that you can hide with a click event; for example, a command button with code similar to the following:
```
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

   UserForm1.hide

End Sub
						
```
You create more than one document using the global template.
You use the macro with one document, hide the UserForm, and then attempt to use the macro with another document created with the same template.

RESOLUTION

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To resolve this behavior, change the code on the command button click event to unload the UserForm instead of hide the UserForm, as in the following example:

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()

   Unload UserForm1

End Sub