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  • I have a set of xlsm files that I want to see the rules for so I don't have to manually gather them from the people who originated the file - assuming that person(s) exists.

    Macros in this document have been disabled by your enterprise administrator for security reasons

    Changing the macro settings in the trust center does nothing.

    Is there a way I can open the file in some sort of readonly or text version to see the rules?

    Cheers

  • Is there a way I can open the file in some sort of readonly or text version to see the rules?

    This sounds like something I see at work if I download an xlsm file. To get round it, I right click on the file and go to 'properties'. In the 'attributes' section on the general tab, there's a 'security' section and a tick box on the right that's labelled something like 'unblock'. I tick the box and click 'ok'. Then I can run the macros.

    To view the macros in the file after this, open the file, go to 'view' and 'macros'.

  • To view the macros in the file after this, open the file, go to 'view' and 'macros'.

    Although you need to enable Developer menu first in recent versions of Excel. As @Chalfie implies

  • This sounds like something I see at work if I download an xlsm file. To get round it, I right click on the file and go to 'properties'. In the 'attributes' section on the general tab, there's a 'security' section and a tick box on the right that's labelled something like 'unblock'. I tick the box and click 'ok'. Then I can run the macros.

    To view the macros in the file after this, open the file, go to 'view' and 'macros'.

    This plus quickly hitting alt+f11 seems to have worked.

    • right click
    • properties
    • general tab
    • security: Unblock
    • apply
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