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Old 12 April 2007, 11:46 AM
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Question Excel geeks

I have quite a few spreadsheets with macros written in the days of Excel 4 (I think) when macros were a column of commands within the spreadsheet, something like a BASIC program.

These still work perfectly with the latest Excel versions.

The trouble is that every time I open such a spreadsheet i get a question about whether i want to enable the macro which might be dangerous I can proceed on a onetime only basis. Next time I open the sheet I get the same question again. I would like to suppress this query so that the sheet opens straight away.

Q. Can I instruct Excel to accept macros in certain spreadsheets as safe, since i wrote them? Can I 'sign' macros myself to make Excel accept them as bona fide?

I know I can turn down macro security to low, and that will let anything run, is that OK since I have AV etc. running.

Any advice gratefully received.
Old 12 April 2007, 01:43 PM
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Speedking,

My main question would be... do you receive many (if any) excel files from outside sources that could potentially be dangerous?

Personally I would just turn down the macro security because there isn't a method by which I know that you can sign specific macros / spreadsheets as safe - but then I'm not a guru

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Very few. <Turns security down>
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