Defeat "Document contains Ink Annotations" message when saving.

I'm using the code below, which I found at Kutools, https://www.extendoffice.com/documen...-files.html#a1

The macro works just fine at replacing in all Word docs, with one exception; every file pops up a message saying "Document contain's Ink Annotions". I have to hit OK to get past each one, whereupon I get to set through the "Saving" msgbox. Is there a way to suppress these messages and just allow the code to run?
Any help is appreciated.

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Try adding these lines around your Save statement:

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I thought for sure that would work. I added them like so:

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Didn't make any change in the behavior.

If you can attach a Word file with ink annotations I'll try to do more testing.

Sorry it took so long, I was out of town trying to keep my mom out of prison. I've attached a sample.

I never heard anything back on this. Still having the issue, still not knowing how to resolve it.

6StringJazzer,
Sorry, not sure about the "NewMacros" macro, not sure what that was about. Here's the latest version of my macro that I'm trying, and I've also attached a recent document that gives me the message. As an FYI, if I try to do a manual save on the document it gives me the same message, so it has something to do with Word, not necessarily Adobe.

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FYi that I'm still having the same issue.

I ran your code on the file you attached and did not get any errors. I did not get it during a manual save either.

But I DO get the message, and I don't know why. It happens with 99% of the Word documents I have to save as PDFs, which I do about 30 times per day.

That message has nothing to do with any of the code you've posted. That said, the code you've posted in posts #1 & #8 are fundamentally different, so I don't know how you can say in post #8:

Here's the latest version of my macro

Perhaps you'd care to explain what you're trying to do?

Paul, I've been watching this since last July so I think I know what jomili is trying to do but no idea what the problem is.

To boil it down, when jomili is editing a file in Word, then does Export to PDF, Word presents an error message saying "Document contains Ink Annotations". However, when I do the same thing with the same file, I do not get this error.

The code is a bit of a red herring since all it does is automate the export, so it also causes the error message to appear. But the root cause has nothing to do with the code.

Originally Posted by 6StringJazzer

when jomili is editing a file in Word, then does Export to PDF, Word presents an error message saying "Document contains Ink Annotations"

But post #1 contains no export code; all it has is a Find/Replace followed by Save for selected files only. Post #8 does a PDF export of all documents in a folder (without any files being selected), but has no Find/Replace code.

Both sets of code are inefficient at what they do.

Originally Posted by 6StringJazzer

the root cause has nothing to do with the code.

Agreed 100%

Originally Posted by macropod

But post #1 contains no export code; all it has is a Find/Replace followed by Save for selected files only. Post #8 does a PDF export of all documents in a folder (without any files being selected), but has no Find/Replace code.

Yes, I had forgotten what the original code did. The error seems to happen on a Save or an Export, according to OP's accounts.

I have used touchscreen machines that have inking features but have never run across that error even using a file that does have ink annotations.

6StringJazzer has it right, and the macros obscure the issue. The issue is, when I make a change on one of these Word documents, or try to save it as a PDF, either manually or through a macro, I get the message. I understand I'm the only one, but that doesn't help me resolve it.

I get TONS of Word docs I have to convert to PDFs, and I also have to do replacements. I'd love more efficient macros t o do that, but first I have to find a way to get past the error message.

I suspect the problem is related to the Document Inspector Options the OP has employed via File|Options|Trust Center>Trust Center Settings>Privacy Options. I'd suggest unchecking 'Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments' there.

That makes sense, but in practice I'm not having much luck. If i open one of these documents, the "Warn" is clicked on. If I click it off, close and save it, when I reopen, it's back on. i WAS able to save the change to my NORMAL Template, but when I open a new document (or an old one) the Warn is click back on.

If you need to retain those settings, then for the purposes of your code you could use something along the lines of:

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or, for more flexibility with systems that may not be using that setting:

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Macropod,
You're a lifesaver! Your addition did the trick. My macro in it's current state is below. It's working, but I'm having a screen issue I thought "Screen Updating" would take away, but didn't. I see every document open. There's no warnings, and I don't actually see the document, there's just a flicker as a new one is opened and closed. Can anything be done for that? Also interested in any way to improve this code.

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