View my privacy options in the Microsoft Office Trust Center The Trust Center is where you can find security and privacy settings for Microsoft Office programs With the consistent appearance of the ribbon in Office programs, steps to find the Trust Center are the same for each program
Block or unblock external content in Office documents How does the Trust Center help protect me from external content? If there are external data connections present in your workbook or presentation, when you open the file a business bar notifies you that the external content has been disabled Click Enable Content on the business bar if you want to unblock the external content
Add, remove, or change a trusted location in Microsoft Office A trusted location in Microsoft Office is a folder that contains files you trust to be safe You should use a trusted location to store a file when you don't want that file to be checked by the Trust Center, or if you don't want it to open in Protected View Especially files with macros, data connections, or ActiveX controls (what we call active content) If you think the active content in a
Active content types in your files - Microsoft Support Use Trust Center to check files In Trust Center, you can configure the checking of your content for viruses or other security hazards that can be delivered to your computer by active content These checks prevent active content from running automatically and thereby help to protect your computer and network
Change macro security settings in Excel - Microsoft Support You can also access the Trust Center in Excel Options To do that, click Options, and then click Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Macro Settings For more information about macro security, see the following topics: Add, remove, or change a trusted location Add, remove, or view a trusted publisher Enable or disable macros in Office files
Trusted documents - Microsoft Support View or modify Trusted Documents settings in the Trust Center You can view or change Trusted Documents settings in the Trust Center Making changes starts or disables the ability to create trust documents that protects your computer and your organization's network from possible malicious code in active content
Enable or disable macros in Microsoft 365 files Select Trust Center, and then choose Trust Center Settings In the Trust Center, select Macro Settings Tip: If you have the developer tab on your ribbon, select the Developer tab and then choose Macro Security to open the Trust Center quickly Make the selections that you want, then select OK The following are Macro setting options
Enable or disable ActiveX settings in Office files Top of Page Change ActiveX-control settings in Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Visio Use the following instructions to enable or disable ActiveX controls in the Trust Center Click File > Options Click Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > ActiveX Settings Click the options you want, and then click OK The following is an example of the ActiveX Settings area of the Trust Center
View my privacy options in Microsoft Office This setting enables use of the translation options available in the Research Reference sections Document-specific settings Remove personal information from file properties on Save This option automatically removes personal information from the file properties when you save the file