Word 2003 Security Warning

[Guest]

It seems that Word 2003 issues a security warning every time you open a document with a non-Word format. For example, when opening a WordPerfect 6.x file in Word 2003, I get the following message

This file needs to be opened by the WordPerfect 6.X text converter, which may pose a security risk if the file you are opening is a malicious file. Choose Yes to open this file only if you are sure it is from a trusted source

Is there any way to disable this message?? I have tried setting macro security to Low and it does not help

Thanks

 

[Guest]

Ik have also a problem with the security.
Maybe it can help you :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765

 

[Guest]

Thanks, tried it but without success. This security warning must be hardwired into the Word code.

----- Kurt wrote: -----

Ik have also a problem with the security.
Maybe it can help you :
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=825765

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?WkFa?=,

It seems that Word 2003 issues a security warning every time you open a

document with a non-Word format. For example, when opening a WordPerfect 6.x
file in Word 2003, I get the following message:

This file needs to be opened by the WordPerfect 6.X text converter, which may

pose a security risk if the file you are opening is a malicious file. Choose
Yes to open this file only if you are sure it is from a trusted source.

Is there any way to disable this message?

No, there's no way to disable this message. It's possible that a future release
of the Convert Pack might have converters that are "secure", but at the moment,
there's nothing you can do. (Except, perhaps, open them in an older version of
Word. Or at least save them as word documents so that when you open them again
you won't get the warning.)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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