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Office XP Document: Macro Security White Paper
Overview
The Microsoft Office XP Macro Security white paper discusses how you can prevent the introduction of macro viruses into your computer using Office XP.
For example, Office XP offers digital signatures to help users distinguish legitimate code from undesirable code, such as viruses. If you open an Office document and see a macro security warning with digital signature information, you should examine the signature and its associated certificate to establish confidence in the person (or corporation) who signed the macros, and confirm that the macros have not been changed since they were written. You can choose to trust all macros signed by this person (or corporation) by checking the Trust all macros from this source check box. From then on, when you open a document that contains macros signed by this trusted source, Office enables the macros without showing a security warning for the document.
If you use the Office XP digital signature features as advised in this white paper, you will not see annoying security warnings for any of the macro solutions that you write or use. You will only see a security warning when it is justified; that is, when you open a document with unexpected macros or viruses.
| Publisher | Microsoft | File Format | WORD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Published | April 2001 | Downloads | 15 |
| Format | White Papers | ||
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