Solve : MS Office Word 2003?

1.	Solve : MS Office Word 2003?
Answer» Hi, guys, I'm wondering whether you've encountered the same problem as me. I am a regular MS Office 2003 user. However, 2 days ago when I opened my file that it have an error message. The message said Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error '9'? - Subscript out of range. What's that? (I don't have visual basic installed on my PC, unless that's some system language written by Microsoft) Then I tried to open other word documents, still the same! BTW, when I CHOOSE to end that message it works fine. I can still review and make changes to my document, but it is kind of annoying... Can anyone help me here? Many Thanks, DiDiIt sounds like the Office application is set up to run a custom macro, written in Visual Basic For Applications, ("VBA"), which, as you correctly GUESSED is used by Microsoft as a system language for Office. That macro is halting because a "subscript is out of range", that is, probably, an attempt is being made to access or refer to some data that does not exist, such as the 11th row in a table with only 10 rows, or in Excel, a non existent cell. These macros are often included in start up actions for Excel spreadsheets, which confuses me because your title for this thread explicitly mentions Word. If you meant Word, maybe a reference to a linked spreadsheet is failing because the spreadsheet has been edited or deleted or in some way differs from its previous state. The Microsoft help for this problem here is all about Excel http://support.microsoft.com/kb/146864Is this happening with all Word files or just ONE? Does Excel open without an error message?Quote from: soybean on May 24, 2007, 08:02:19 AM Is this happening with all Word files or just one? Quote Then I tried to open other word documents, still the same! Thanks contrex, I READ the article you suggested but have no ideas what so ever (i am no good with visual basic software)... I tried to use the repair function in MS Word but still not working.. I guess the only way to solve this is to re-install the softward! Cheers! Not necessarily. Find Normal.dot and delete or rename it. Then, restart Word and see whether the error message has stopped. Normal.dot Template—ExplainedQuote from: soybean on May 24, 2007, 03:27:19 PM Not necessarily. Find Normal.dot and delete or rename it. Then, restart Word and see whether the error message has stopped. Normal.dot Template—Explained Thanks soybean, I followed the procedure you (and the website) suggests and still the same. Maybe it will be quicker if I re-install the MS Office again..... thanks again! Yes, you might as well go ahead with uninstalling and reinstalling Office. If you changed any settings, modified toolbars, etc. from the defaults, you lose them because they'll be restored to defaults. And, if you had gotten any online updates to Office, you'll need to repeat that as needed. If you did not have the SP2 (Service Pack 2) update for Office, I suggest you install it SOMETIME after reinstalling Office.

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Hi, guys,
I'm wondering whether you've encountered the same problem as me. I am a regular MS Office 2003 user. However, 2 days ago when I opened my file that it have an error message. The message said Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error '9'? - Subscript out of range. What's that? (I don't have visual basic installed on my PC, unless that's some system language written by Microsoft) Then I tried to open other word documents, still the same!

BTW, when I CHOOSE to end that message it works fine. I can still review and make changes to my document, but it is kind of annoying...

Can anyone help me here?

Many Thanks,
DiDiIt sounds like the Office application is set up to run a custom macro, written in Visual Basic For Applications, ("VBA"), which, as you correctly GUESSED is used by Microsoft as a system language for Office. That macro is halting because a "subscript is out of range", that is, probably, an attempt is being made to access or refer to some data that does not exist, such as the 11th row in a table with only 10 rows, or in Excel, a non existent cell.

These macros are often included in start up actions for Excel spreadsheets, which confuses me because your title for this thread explicitly mentions Word. If you meant Word, maybe a reference to a linked spreadsheet is failing because the spreadsheet has been edited or deleted or in some way differs from its previous state.

The Microsoft help for this problem here is all about Excel

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/146864Is this happening with all Word files or just ONE? Does Excel open without an error message?Quote from: soybean on May 24, 2007, 08:02:19 AM

Is this happening with all Word files or just one?

Quote

Then I tried to open other word documents, still the same!

Thanks contrex,
I READ the article you suggested but have no ideas what so ever (i am no good with visual basic software)... I tried to use the repair function in MS Word but still not working.. I guess the only way to solve this is to re-install the softward!

Cheers! Not necessarily. Find Normal.dot and delete or rename it. Then, restart Word and see whether the error message has stopped.

Normal.dot Template—ExplainedQuote from: soybean on May 24, 2007, 03:27:19 PM

Not necessarily. Find Normal.dot and delete or rename it. Then, restart Word and see whether the error message has stopped.

Normal.dot Template—Explained

Thanks soybean,
I followed the procedure you (and the website) suggests and still the same. Maybe it will be quicker if I re-install the MS Office again.....

thanks again! Yes, you might as well go ahead with uninstalling and reinstalling Office. If you changed any settings, modified toolbars, etc. from the defaults, you lose them because they'll be restored to defaults. And, if you had gotten any online updates to Office, you'll need to repeat that as needed. If you did not have the SP2 (Service Pack 2) update for Office, I suggest you install it SOMETIME after reinstalling Office.

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