macro notification

[Don]

I've had to reinstall MS Works which came on my machine from the factory.

Could somebody tell me how to turn OFF the macros and macro notification
for Word 2002?

I did it a long while ago and do not recall how.

Thanks in advance

 

[Graham Mayor]

The best way to handle this is to leave the warning so that you may consent
to run macros contained in documents and to trust installed templates and
add-ins so that their macros can run without warning. (Tools > Options >
Security > Macro security > Security Level > Medium & from the Trusted
Publishers tab > Trust All installed templates and add-ins.

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[Don]

The best way to handle this is to leave the warning so that you may
consent to run macros contained in documents and to trust installed
templates and add-ins so that their macros can run without warning.
(Tools > Options > Security > Macro security > Security Level >
Medium & from the Trusted Publishers tab > Trust All installed
templates and add-ins.

Many thanks Graham.

I use Word heavily, however in a very limited capacity and very, very
rarely with files coming from other people.

I don't use macros for anything.

In the current configuration (with the highest security settings), I'm
required to close two pop-ups when Word opens and two pop-ups when Word
closes.

I looked at the Doc macros and there are only four (without a delete
option):
1-2) are for my scanner OCR software
3) AutoExec
4) AutoExit

Not sure if 1&2 or 3 & 4 are causing the problem?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Don]

The best way to handle this is to leave the warning so that you may
consent to run macros contained in documents and to trust installed
templates and add-ins so that their macros can run without warning.
(Tools > Options > Security > Macro security > Security Level >
Medium & from the Trusted Publishers tab > Trust All installed
templates and add-ins.

Graham,
After changing secuirty level as you suggested, the macro
notification is coming from the addition of my scannner OCR software into
Word.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Did you set the option to trust installed templates and add-ins?
Otherwise you should be able to set the trust setting for a particular
add-in from the warning dialog.

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[Don]

Did you set the option to trust installed templates and add-ins?
Otherwise you should be able to set the trust setting for a particular
add-in from the warning dialog.

Thanks again Graham.

Yes to the trust installed templates.

The problem is that the certification has expired for the OCR software.

Although I'm not comfortable with the setting, changing the macro
security to "lowest" removed the pop-ups.

Any idea how to remove the OCR software macro from Word?
The normal procedure for the scanner software and to add that ability
into another product (i. e., Word) is to open the secondary software,
then OCR software and add, however in this instance, Word is not listed
in the OCR software (even though Word has the macro added in).

My apologies for this confusing explantion.
I'm still puzzled why the Word Macros don't offer me the Delete option?

Could I just create a new default doc?
Would that eliminate the macros?

I've become quite comfortable using WordPad for my OCR and although I
don't intend to use Word as my primary OCR, it would be nice to have that
option. Oh Well!

 

[Graham Mayor]

You cannot delete macros from the macro dialog unless the template that
contains them is open for editing in Word.
Tools > templates & add-ins should tell you if the OCR software add-in is a
template and its path will be listed in that dialog (you may have to drag
the edge of the dialog to reveal the full path). If the add-in is in the
Word start up folder then it should not be flagged if you have set the macro
security to trust installed templates and add-ins. If it is somewhere else
e.g. the Office startup folder, then with Word closed move it from that
folder to the Word startup folder.

If the add-in is not listed in templates and add-ins, it will be a COM
add-in (though I suspect this is unlikely) in which case from Word Help

Load or unload a Component Object Model (COM) add-in program
If you are not a developer, you probably will not need to load or unload a
Component Object Model (COM) add-in because most COM add-ins include an
install and uninstall program that loads or unloads the add-in for you.
If you have already added the COM Add-Ins command to the Tools menu, skip to
Step 6.
On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
In the Categories box, click Tools.
Drag COM Add-Ins from the Commands box over the Tools menu. When the Tools
menu displays the menu commands, point to the location where you want the
COM Add-Ins command to appear on the menu, and then release the mouse
button.
Click Close.
On the Tools menu, click COM Add-Ins and do any of the following:
To load an add-in, select the check box next to the add-in name in the
Add-Ins available list. If the add-in you want isn't in the Add-Ins
available list, click Add, locate the add-in, and then click OK.
To unload an add-in from memory but keep its name in the list, clear the
check box next to the add-in name.
To remove an add-in from the list and also from the list of registered
add-ins in the registry file, select its name, and then click Remove.
Note Unloading or removing an add-in doesn't remove it from your computer.


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[Graham Mayor]

PS DO NOT run with macro security set to low!

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[Graham Mayor]

If the add in template is in the Word startup folder (as opposed to the
Office startup folder) AND you have macro security set to trust installed
templates and add-ins the out of date security issue should be ignored. Your
message implies that the add-in works once you have acknowledged it.

If you reset your macro setting back to Medium which is the best all round
setting, there is another way of loading the add-in as required from
wherever it is located and you should be able to trust the add-in from the
security dialog that pops up the first time you attempt to do so. This
method requires the use of a macro and a toolbar button to call it.

Put the Aware97.dot template in another folder eg in your UserTemplates
folder. From the templates & addins dialog add the template as an add-in.
While it will appear in the list, it will not be automatically loaded. You
can either put a check mark against the entry to activate it as required, or
you can create the aforementioned macro to check it eg.

Sub AddOCR()
With AddIns("D:\Word Startup\Unused Templates\Aware97.dot")
.Installed = Not .Installed
End With
End Sub


Change the path to reflect where the template is loaded from
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm


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