Enable or disable macros

To help prevent macros that contain viruses from contaminating your system, by default Office for Mac displays a warning message whenever you try to open a document that contains a macro. This message appears regardless of whether the macro actually contains a virus. You can turn off the warning message, but if you do, make sure that you know and trust the source of the document before you open it.

  1. On the Word menu, click Preferences.

  2. Under Personal Settings, click Security Security Preferences button.

  3. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Enable macros when you open a file

    Clear the Warn before opening a file that contains macros check box.

    Note  If you disable macro virus protection, you run the risk of infection, which could result in serious damage to your data.

    See the warning message when you open a file that has a macro

    Make sure that the Warn before opening a file that contains macros check box is selected.