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97 Office doesnt work on Vista thats the problem.<br />
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The version atleast you need is 2003 for full support.
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97 Office doesnt work on Vista thats the problem.

The version atleast you need is 2003 for full support.

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Check allow macros in your Macro Security settings
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Check allow macros in your Macro Security settings

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But you should be aware that Excel 97 stopped having support, ie patches on 16/1/04<br />
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So, you're at risk using it from all kinds of nasties, bugs, flaws and so on. &nbsp;<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=1757" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=1757</a><br />
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and full list<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectoff" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectoff</a><br />
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Me, I'd upgrade in a heartbeat. &nbsp;You can get a 60 day trial download of Office 2007<br />
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/HA101741481033.aspx" rel="ugc">http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/HA101741481033.aspx</a>
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But you should be aware that Excel 97 stopped having support, ie patches on 16/1/04

So, you're at risk using it from all kinds of nasties, bugs, flaws and so on.  
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=1757 [http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=1757]

and full list
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectoff [http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectoff]

Me, I'd upgrade in a heartbeat.  You can get a 60 day trial download of Office 2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/HA101741481033.aspx [http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/HA101741481033.aspx]

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I have installed Office Pro 97 on a Vista machine, but cannot record a macro in either Word or Excel. &nbsp;Thinking it might be a problem with references I tried to check but cannot get into references - it is greyed out.<br />
When I try to record a macro I get &quot;unable to record&quot;.<br />

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I have installed Office Pro 97 on a Vista machine, but cannot record a macro in either Word or Excel.  Thinking it might be a problem with references I tried to check but cannot get into references - it is greyed out.
When I try to record a macro I get "unable to record".


Excel 97 on Vista - unable to record macro

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