This action should allow you to navigate through the text without being in edit mode. I converted the file and renamed it to a new name. You'll want to uncheck the box that says Enable Protected View for files located in potentially unsafe locations. I am on the Fast Ring build, so way ahead of what is in the current or deferred channel, and we also have people here in the office with the confirmed latest versions in the current channel. Disable the Open Save dialog Note: I recommend making this change only for the document types you open often. All Protected View options are set by group policy and all machines are getting the correct settings.
I struggled with this issue for a long time as well, trying all the solutions proposed in this thread. There is also, in Trust Center Settings, a Macro Setting that you can use to Enable All Macros by default. False to open a new workbook based on the specified template. This leads to a password cracking tool, or someone jumping ship and you lose all knowledge and capability of this file or at least time trying to crack it. Any help is greatly appreciated!! Log on as yourself and try the file again.
It seems to get a small way through the macro but then stop with no error messages or any sign that it hasn't completed properly. I dont want it to actually make the save though as I want the user to have the chance to check that the save location is correct and the option to change the filename if required. With Excel 2010 I am unable to open the file, even though I've unchecked all of the Protected View settings. Hello I have a system running win7 with Office 2010. At least this worked for me. Files from the Internet can have viruses and other harmful content embedded in them.
Just for your edification I've included links to three screenshots. This is the only thing that I think I have changed since protecting this morning and now I cannot unprotect the sheet. I have done this several times before. I am using Excel automation to process a few hundred workbooks. You will see a red bar accross the top of the sheet. Nothing incredibly fancy but it works fine on my computer. Does anyone know of a way to unhide this macro? I've protected the sheet because it contains a lot of formula's.
Go to start, then run. I didn't write any macros and usings the right-click unhide method is proven futile. Thank you I have now unchecked all boxes in Trust Center Settings to eliminate opening in protected view. In my case the file never loads and you do not get a button to enable editing. Should be fine and in most cases it is, however there is one user who although they can open the file, can't seem to get the macro to run properly.
I even thought perhaps I didn't save it as often as I thought, I know that I did but I remembered that I saved it at least once and I can't even find an Excel file that has been modified since Thurs!!! And if you make changes you need to save and this happens, you have to save the file as a different name in a different location, then name it the same as the old file, close Excel, then copy the newer version on top of the older version. Clicking save just invokes the same msgbox again. Any help would be much appreciated! If you know the file is from a trustworthy source, and you want to edit, save, or print the file, you can exit Protected View. Your video really helped me a lot. Sounds just as useful ha! Open the sheet and enter the password s as required. How it works: When an emailed or downloaded document is opened, a red band appears at the top of the document to alert the user that the document is in protected view and cannot be edited. Microsoft added many usability and security features to Office 2010 that help protect end users from embedded plugins and viruses that can crash Office or even install viruses.
I understand it's a security thing, but it is causing more issues in my environment than preventing. Try reapplying security permissions on your profile folder. Note: There is no Protected View item in the Trust Center dialog in Excel 2007. It is also difficult to find out what is going on, because it happens irregularly. You should be seeing a prompt that looks like the one below: Clicking to 'Enable Editing' should allow you to edit the document. If so, and it's a font you don't already have installed, that font won't download while you're in Protected View. Hi all, I've had a long search through your pages to see if this question has been answered before but having browsed through about 50 pages worth of threads I couldn't see anything, but if I am repeating prior information I do apologise.
This setting opens all Office documents in a read-only state and you need to click a button before you can edit the document. I think my dot points above show this, still, thanks for taking the time to post. Protected Mode is a good thing, and it works just fine on my other Office 2010 installations. It never grabbed the latest doc, but also gave me no messages. Word documents open up completely corrupted garbled text. Maybe all the other updates I did, plus all the registry cleaning and uninstalling of other Office versions was what really was causing the problem and ended up fixing it. When Word, Excel, or PowerPoint opens the file and sees this marker it knows to open the file within Protected View and the user sees the red bar.
I understand Protected View perfectly well and my post is because Protected View is not behaving as it should. Not ideal in the least. I opened original file --stuff. It also allows me to specify the file name from a cell reference. An updated version, which is compatible with Protected View, may be needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Enabling editing so the correct font can download should fix the problem.
Sometimes, you may think this protected view is annoying, and you want to disable it. His professional career includes stints as a computer tech, information editor and income tax preparer. Of course, turning off Protected Mode settings works, but that's not what I want. I have been successful at preventing Excel from coverting that long number into scientific format. Alternatively, can i simply disable the write protection on the file with the macro before saving it to another file name? Is there anyway then to open the file or to reduce its size without opening it through magics.