Office 2007 is pissing me off

[#686578]

Every time I open word I'm getting like sixty error messages having to do with macros. And when I go to close it gives me bullshit about saving templates (and then if I try to save the template just so it doesnt ask me again next time it doesnt do anything). This is getting really fucking annoying. I've followed the procedures. I did not want macros enabled because as a student I have to deal with stupid professors and classmates who dont know what the fuck is up. I tried disabling without notification, disabling with notification, disabling except for entrusted etc, and just fucking enable all that bullshit and I still get these errors.



Error upon opening (Happens 4-5 times before letting me actually do anything).

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The help shit copy and pasted:

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This error usually occurs because of macro security settings. If you know that the macro comes from a source that you trust, you can change your macro security settings to allow you to enable the macro. The way that you change your macro security settings depends on the Microsoft Office System program that you are using.

• Microsoft Office Access, Microsoft Office Excel, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Word --
  
  To check your macro security settings, click the Microsoft Office Button, click <program name> Options, click Trust Center, and then click Trust Center Settings.
  
  • If macro security is set to Disable all macros without notification, all macros are automatically disabled. Use the following procedure to enable the macro.
    
    1. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Macro Settings, and then click Disable all macros with notification.
    2. Click OK in the Trust Center dialog box to apply the new setting. Click OK to close the program options dialog box.
    3. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are using.
    4. Open the file again. A Security Alert appears in the Document Information Bar just below the ribbon. Click Enable Content to allow the macro to run.
    5. When you have enabled the macro, it is recommended that you return the macro security setting to Disable all macros without notification.
    
    
  • If macro security is set to Disable all macros with notification, but you selected Disable when prompted by the macro warning dialog when you opened the file, use the following procedure to enable the macro.
    
    1. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Cancel. Click Cancel to close the program options dialog box.
    2. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are using.
    3. Open the file again. A Security Alert appears in the Document Information Bar just below the ribbon. Click Enable Content to allow the macro to run.
    
    
  • If macro security is set to Disable all macros except digitally signed macros, the macro may not have been digitally signed. Verify that you can trust the macro before using the following procedure to allow it to run.
    
    1. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Cancel. Click Cancel to close the program options dialog box.
    2. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are using.
    3. Open the file again. A Security Alert appears in the Document Information Bar just below the ribbon. Click Enable Content to allow the macro to run.
  
  
• Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office Visio, or Microsoft Office Publisher --
  
  To check your macro security settings, on the Tools menu, click Trust Center, and then click Macro Security.
  
  • If macro security is set to No warnings and disable all macros, all macros are automatically disabled. Use the following procedure to enable the macro.
    
    1. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are disabled, and then click OK.
    2. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are using.
    3. Open the file again. When prompted, click Enable Content to allow the macro to run. If you are using Visio, the Enable Content button appears as part of a Security Alert in the Document Information Bar. If you are not prompted to enable the macro, or if you receive this error again, the macro may not be digitally signed. Verify that you can trust the macro. If you are certain that you can trust the macro, use the next procedure below to enable the macro.
    4. When you have enabled the macro, it is recommended that you return the macro security setting to No warnings and disable all macros.
    
    
  • If macro security is set to Warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are disabled, the macro may not be digitally signed. If you are certain that you can trust the macro, use the following procedure to enable the macro.
    
    1. In the Trust Center dialog box, click Warnings for all macros, and then click OK.
    2. Close the file and the Microsoft Office program that you are using.
    3. Open the file again. When prompted, click Enable Content to allow the macro to run. If you are using Visio, the Enable Content button appears as part of a Security Alert in the Document Information Bar.
    4. When you have enabled the macro, it is recommended that you return the macro security setting to Warnings for signed macros; all unsigned macros are disabled.
  
  
• Microsoft Office Project --
  
  To check your macro security settings, on the Tools menu, click Macro, and then click Security.
  
  • If macro security is set to Very High, use the following procedure to enable the macro.
    
    1. In the Security dialog box, click High, and then click OK.
    2. Close the file and Microsoft Office Project.
    3. Open the file again. When prompted, click Enable Content to allow the macro to run. If you are not prompted to enable the macro, or if you receive this error message again, the macro may not be digitally signed. Verify that you can trust the macro. If you are certain that you can trust the macro, use the next procedure below to enable the macro.
    4. When you have enabled the macro, it is recommended that you return the macro security setting to Very High.
    
    
  • If the macro security setting is set to High, the macro may not be digitally signed. If you are certain that you can trust the macro, use the following procedure to enable the macro.
    
    1. In the Security dialog box, click Medium, and then click OK.
    2. Close the file and Microsoft Office Project.
    3. Open the file again. When prompted, click Enable Content to allow the macro to run.
    4. When you have enabled the macro, it is recommended that you return the macro security setting to High.
  
  

This error may also occur for the following reasons:

• The certificate of trust that is attached to the macro is invalid. Unless you are certain that the macro is safe, it is recommended that you not trust or run the macro.
• The certificate is no longer trusted, was revoked by the issuing authority, or is damaged. Unless you are certain that the macro is safe, it is recommended that you not trust or run the macro.
• Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is not installed on your computer. In this case, no VBA macro can be run, regardless of whether the macro has a valid certificate of trust. You or your administrator may have chosen not to install VBA, or the version of Microsoft Office that you are using may not install VBA by default. If your version of Microsoft Office does not provide VBA as an installable feature, you can upgrade to a version that provides VBA support.
• If you are unable to change the security settings, it is possible that another program has locked the security settings. Close all Microsoft Office System programs, then restart your program and change the security settings.

More information about this error message online.

I dont even know what to search online to see if other people have had this problem.

[Snowknight26]

I just noticed I've been having this problem too. I'm thinking a reinstall of Office 07 should fix it, but I'm too lazy to find out.

[#686578]

I just reformatted my computer.

I guess it wouldn't be too much of a problem to reinstall considering I'm still reinstalling shit but come on this is just fucking stupid.

Not to mention it might just happen again after reinstall.

[Snowknight26]

Fixed it.

Tried doing a repair first which provided to be fruiltless, so I went to Add/Remove Components or whatever it is, chose not to install whatever I don't need, checked Word and voila, no more issues.

[#686578]

I already carefully chose what I did and did not need. Maybe I'll go through and remove the things that I thought I would need in the future. I wonder if there's a way to take out the ability for macros all together.

[#686578]

I just noticed that there's a "Microsoft Office Diagnostics," I was hoping this would catch some issue but it didn't notice anything wrong at all.

[Ratatapa]

Dumb Question but i wanna make sure

When you installed Office, did you choose custom?

Then you need to make sure That Word and all the Options + add for Office are in white (not in gay and not with a red X), that means that it will install all the composant on the PC, otherwise some composante will either A not work, or B ask you for CD

[#686578]

Yes, I did choose custom, yes I did choose word and all associated word subcomponents because they all looked like things I would need now or in the near future.

[#686578]

Hmm.. so I tried reinstalling Word 2007...

It wont complete.

Basically all I did was like open up the CD and it was like "Okay here's what you have." and I was like "Yes this is what I want." then the next page it said reinstalling until it said "did not install successfully"

So I decided maybe I have to uninstall it first.
So I dechecked Word and kept everything else upon which it did the loading and then gave the message "Did not uninstall successfully."

I can't even uninstall word.

[#686578]

Maybe it would help if you knew exactly what I had configured

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[#686578]

This was a fresh reformat.

I just restarted after finishing the update for XP SP3 and decided to try again (Rebooting fixes all errors right?!). Well Word didnt work, but it did let me change my Office suite now. I just installed everything (Then after finding out that word worked, got rid of Access, Groove, Onenote, and Outlook) and it works now.

It pisses me off because I dont want this extra crap, but 50 error messages everytime I open a program I use almost daily pisses me off more.