Office XP Document: Macro Security White Paper
Brief Description
The Microsoft Office XP Macro Security white paper discusses how you can help prevent the introduction of macro viruses into your computer using Office.
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Quick Details
| File Name: | offxpsec.EXE |
| Version: | 1 |
| Date Published: | 4/12/2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Download Size: | 142 KB |
| Estimated Download Time: | 1 min 56K |
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Overview
This downloadable file contains the Microsoft Office XP Macro Security white
paper. This white paper is a Microsoft Word *.doc file that can be opened by
either Word 2000 or Word 2002. 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. 
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System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 98; Windows ME; Windows NT
- This download works with the following Office applications:
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Instructions
To install this download
- You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are
offline.
- Download the file from the Microsoft Office Tools
on the Web site by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in
the dialog boxes.
- Double-click the offxpsec.exe program file on your hard disk to
start the setup program.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
Instructions for use:
Open the offxpsec.doc from the directory you specified during the
installation.
To remove this download:
This white paper cannot be uninstalled. To remove the white paper itself,
delete the file offxpsec.doc. To remove the download file itself, delete the
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