Opening a Workbook with Macros

When you open a workbook with a macro, VBA, or other software code, Excel displays a security warning to let you know the workbook might contain potentially harmful code that may harm your computer. If you know and trust the author of the workbook, you can change security options to enable the macro content and use the workbook normally. If you don’t trust the content, you can continue to block and disable the content and use the workbook with limited functionality in Protected view. If you don’t want a security alert to appear, you can change security settings in the Trust Center in Excel Options.

Open a Workbook with Macros

Click the File tab, and then click Open.

Click Computer, and then click Browse or a ...

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