On Sep 30, 2004, at 3:19 AM, Chris Walker wrote: >> Files that >> show up with macro-viruses can be blocked by setting "Macro Virus >> Protection" in Word's preferences. Any unknown macro can be deleted >> in >> Word. > I have the macro virus protection set already, must admit I didn't > realise that unknown macros could easily be deleted. Is this true of > Word 2004 as well as Vx? That sounds useful - but which option is it? I looked at the security panel in Word preferences - is "warn before opening a file that contains macros" the option you're talking about? Doesn't sound like it . . . SR