MS WORD AND EXCEL APPLICATION ERROR

[ANUP]

WHENEVER I OPEN ANY WORD OR EXCEL FILE, I GET THIS ERROR MESSAGE RELATED TO MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC AS "COMPILE ERROR IN HIDDEN MODULE: AUTOEXEC".
CAN ANYBODY HELP ME EXPLAINING WHY I GET THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND HELP ME GET RID OF IT.
I HAVE MS OFFICE 2000 AND XP PROFESSIONAL AS MY OPERATING SYSTEM.

THANKS

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See section 4 of http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm

WHENEVER I OPEN ANY WORD OR EXCEL FILE, I GET THIS ERROR MESSAGE RELATED

TO MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC AS "COMPILE ERROR IN HIDDEN MODULE: AUTOEXEC".