WD97: On Exit Macro Jump to Unprotected Section Fails

Last reviewed: February 11, 1998
Article ID: Q179341

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you use a Visual Basic for Applications macro as an On Exit macro for a form field, and the purpose of the macro is to go to a location in an unprotected section of a document, the insertion point briefly goes to the location designated by your macro, and then jumps to the beginning of the unprotected section when the macro has finished executing.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: kbcode kbmacro vba
Keywords : kbfield kbwordvba word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbpending

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Last reviewed: February 11, 1998
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