How to permanently activate Macros?

[Jeff Korn]

When I open certain Excel or Word documents then I am always asked if I want to enable or disable
embedded macros.

How can I permanently active these macros (when I open the document later again)?

However I do NOT want to change the document file itself.
Other user who may have access to the documents as well should have the choice to
disable them).

I could imagine that MsOffice resp. Word/Excel maintains an internal list
where "always activate macros for docs" are entered and remembered.

If this is not possible:

Is there a way to always allow macros for me (=when I open them) ?

Jeff

 

[Jim Thomlinson]

Look into digitally signing the projects. There is lots of help on doing that.

 

[Gord Dibben]

For use on your computer only see help on creating a digital certificate using
the Office SelfCert tool.

Sign your workbooks with that signature.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

What version of Word/Excel are you using? In Office 2007, you can designate
certain folders as "trusted locations". Hence, any files in those folders
are automatically trusted. Some Office 2003 applications also support the
trusted locations idea, but control is much less direct. See this article
for more information:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa195576.aspx

 

[DeanH]

Another possible solution, and one personal to you and your machine, go to
Tools, Macros, Security, change the level to one you are comfortable with.
Be aware that you could be leaving yourself vulnerable, say if you are the
sort of person who receives documents from other people that could contain
macros, etc.

Hope this helps
DeanH

 

[Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.]

Though would have to be done manually, set the macro security level to
"Low".

This is only recommended to do if you are behind sufficient firewall and
anti-virus protection as otherwise, you are leaving yourself to be wide open
to vulnerabilities. I use macros quite a bit within the company, which does
have such protections in place, so this medium level macro protection is
more of a headache than what it's worth.

--
Thanks,

Ronald R. Dodge, Jr.
Production Statistician
Master MOUS 2000

 

[Dana DeLouis]

Thanks Herb. I haven't used that yet, but I am now. In Excel 2007...

Office Button
Excel Options
Trust Center
Trust Center Settings... (on Right hand side)
Trusted Locations.

 

[Klaus Linke]

When I open certain Excel or Word documents then I am
always asked if I want to enable or disable embedded macros.

How can I permanently active these macros (when I open the
document later again)?

However I do NOT want to change the document file itself. [...]

Where are the macros stored? In Word, it's not customary to store macros in
documents.
If the macros are stored in the attached template, or in a global template,
you could move those into a trusted location (such as your templates folder
or Word's StartUp folder).

Klaus