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MS Word "Command Button ActiveX" tool no longer availble to be used

Hello,

If I execute the following steps

  • Developer tab
  • Controls group
  • Legacy Tools tool
  • Command Button (ActiveX control)

I receive the message "The program used to create this object is Forms. That program is either not installed on your computer or is not responding. ....."

I used the Command Button tool during the beginning of November and it worked just fine.  I rebooted the computer and restarted MS Word and it still is not working.

Additionally, all past buttons that I created using the Command Button tool are no longer working.  Clicking on a previously created Command Button no longer runs the macro that is assigned to it. (Note - These Command Buttons have been added to a Locked Form that is saved as a Macro Enabled Document in MS Word.)

This same issue is happening to most of the computers at my work site as well as my home computer.

How can I resolve this problem?

Thank you

Mark

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Microsoft is aware of the problem and working on a solution. See UPDATE: Office 2010 ActiveX Disabled - December Update KB2553154, which points to a workaround.
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Last updated January 4, 2023 Views 819 Applies to: