I'm using this code to test if a file is a new instance just created from a dotm file and if so, saving it to a file with a docm extension.

When I attempt to reopen the file after closing it, Word reports the file as being corrupt.

The second parameter of ActiveDocument.SaveAs is WdSaveFormat - I'm looking at the MS page for WdSaveFormat
SaveAs Method | Microsoft Learn

I do not see a symbolic constant for the docm file type. if I try to set WdSaveFormat to the default (wdFormatDocument) I get a different error saying the file extension does not match.

Question: Seeking a method to instance a new file from a macro enabled template (dotm) and save it as a macro enabled file (docm)



If IsNull(ActiveDocument.Path) Or ActiveDocument.Path = "" Then
'GET WORKING FOLDER FROM USER
Set fldr = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With fldr

.Title = "Select a Folder for this Word File and all of the associated Images to be stored"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show <> -1 Then
'NOTHING SELECTED NEED MSG
MsgBox "You must specify a Folder for this Word file to be stored", vbOKOnly + vbExclamation, "FOLDER NOT SELECTED"
Exit Sub
Else
'PATH IS SELECTED
selectedTargetPath = .SelectedItems(1)
End If
End With
Set fldr = Nothing

saveDate = Now

'SAVE FILE TO FIX ACTIVE DOCUMENT PATH SO FILES CAN BE COPIED TO THE CORRECT LOCATION
WordDocFilePathAndName = selectedTargetPath & "" & _
"8_5x11 Photos " & Year(saveDate) & "." & Month(saveDate) & "." & Day(saveDate) & _
" " & Hour(saveDate) & "." & Minute(saveDate) & "." & Second(saveDate) & ".docm"
ActiveDocument.SaveAs WordDocFilePathAndName
End If

The available fileformats are listed at WdSaveFormat enumeration (Word) | Microsoft Learn. Your macro has three issues. One is attributable to not observing good practice i.e. you have not declared the variables used, the others relate to the file naming.
Your variable selectedTargetPath does not include the path separator, so the probability is that the chosen path does not exist, when included in your WordDocFilePathAndName.
By default Word will save an unsaved document as docx format. If you want another format you have to tell it what format you require. In the case of DOCM format that would be wdFormatXMLDocumentMacroEnabled, or its numeric equivalent 13.

NOTE: documents saved as macro enabled will not contain the macros from the template on which they are based. If you want macros, you would have to add them before saving.

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Thanks very much...

The MS reference page you pointed me to has a lot more of the format constants than the MS reference page I was looking at which did not have the right one...

That's because you were looking at a page for Word 2003. Getting the correct information is just a key press away given that you have both the Object Browser (F2), and online help (F1), built into the VBE.