WD2000: Embedded Document's Custom and Built-in Properties Lost If VBA Module Present

• Microsoft Word 2000
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

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

• You embed a Word document object containing a VBA module within an Excel or Word document.
  
  -or-



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

WORKAROUND

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

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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Version : WINDOWS:2000,97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug