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Article ID: 840662 - Last Review: April 7, 2006 - Revision: 3.1
You receive a security warning message when you open or when you save a document in Word 2002
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lower security settings or how to turn off security features on a computer. You
can make these changes to work around a specific problem. Before you make these
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to implement this workaround, take any appropriate additional steps to help to
protect your system.
When you open a document in Microsoft Word 2002, you receive
the following security warning message:
This file needs
to be opened by the convertername text converter,
which may pose a security risk if the file you are opening is a malicious file.
Choose Yes to open this file only if you are sure it is from a trusted
source.
When you save a document in Word 2002, you receive the
following security warning message:
This file needs to
be saved using the convertername text converter. If
you are not the author of this file or if the file is not from a trusted
source, using this converter may pose a security risk. Click Yes to save this
file only if you are sure it is from a trusted source.
This issue occurs after you install Microsoft Office XP
Service Pack 3 (SP3) and you try to open or you try to save a document in one
of the following file formats:
- MS-DOS Text with Layout (*.asc)
- Text with Layout (*.ans)
- Microsoft Excel Worksheet (*.xls)
- Microsoft Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)
- Microsoft Word 4.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw)
- Microsoft Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw)
- Microsoft Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw)
- Microsoft Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc)
- Microsoft Works 2000 (*.wps)
- Microsoft Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps)
For
additional information about Office XP SP3, click the following article number
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
832671Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=832671/
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Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
How to obtain the hotfix
This issue is fixed in the Word 2002 Hotfix Package that is
dated May 5, 2004. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
830807Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=830807/
)
Word 2002 post-Service Pack 3
hotfix package: May 5, 2004
After you install this
hotfix, follow the steps that are listed in the "More Information" section of
this article to set the DoNotConfirmConverterSecurity registry key and to
activate the hotfix.
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
Warning This workaround may make your computer or your network more
vulnerable to attack by malicious users or by malicious software such as
viruses. Microsoft does not recommend this workaround but is providing this
information so that you can choose to implement this workaround at your own
discretion. Use this workaround at your own
risk.
To activate this
hotfix, follow these steps:
- Quit Word 2002.
- Click Start, and then click
Run.
- In the Open box, type
regedit, and then click OK.
- Locate, and then click to select the following registry
key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options
- After you select the key that is specified in step 4,
point to New on the Edit menu, and then click
DWORD Value.
- Type
DoNotConfirmConverterSecurity, and then press
ENTER.
- Right-click
DoNotConfirmConverterSecurity, and then click
Modify.
- In the Value data box, type
1, and then click OK.
- On the File menu, click
Exit to quit Registry Editor.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition
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