Macro Security levels   

My firm has just upgraded all computers from NT and I am now having problems 
getting macros in workgroup templates to run on new desktops.  I've tried 
setting security levels to medium, trust all installed templates, and still 
cannot get the macros to run.  I can't even get the option message to run. 
These are macros developed in house and we need to get them back up and 
running?  Any suggestions beyond what's in the knowledge base and on-line 
help?  (Or maybe tell me how I am misreading those artilces!)

Thanks in advance.

date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:46:35 -0800   author:   John Smith

Re: Macro Security levels   

If you:
(1) put the templates in the Workgroup Templates folder (as recognized by 
each Word installation on each computer)
(2) set the macro security to medium, in each Word installation
(3) set macro security to trust installed templates and addins, in each Word 
installation

the macros will run, or at least macro security won't block them. I don't 
think you need to lower security to medium(2 above) for this to work, but 
that is what will get Word to ask about macros that are not trusted rather 
than rejecting them without mentioning it.

Start by setting these up on one user's computer. Make sure that that user 
has set the workgroup templates folder to be the one you want. Don't try to 
fix everyone at once, get one working.

Many find it best to actually have the workgroup templates folder local. 
Upon login, an XCOPY instruction updates the local folder from a network 
location.

For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, 
and locations of templates folders see 
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
-- 

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of 
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"John Smith"  wrote in message 
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> My firm has just upgraded all computers from NT and I am now having 
> problems getting macros in workgroup templates to run on new desktops. 
> I've tried setting security levels to medium, trust all installed 
> templates, and still cannot get the macros to run.  I can't even get the 
> option message to run. These are macros developed in house and we need to 
> get them back up and running?  Any suggestions beyond what's in the 
> knowledge base and on-line help?  (Or maybe tell me how I am misreading 
> those artilces!)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:02:22 -0600   author:   Charles Kenyon