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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / August 2006Registry patch to lower security of word - Word does not respond
I need to change the security of Word 2003 to allow it to enable macros in templates in a large site with dozens of computers. Every computer has Word's default security set to high. I have come up with this registry patch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Security] "Level"=dword:00000001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I found the key by watching what key changed in the registry when I lowered the security of Word manually. Now I am really perplexed. If I run this registry patch, it changes the key shown from 3 (high) to 1 (low), just as doing it manually via Word does. However, when you go back into Word, the Security is still set to high, even though the Level is set to 1 in the registry. Surely I am missing something here. The registry key responds to changing the macro security in Word, but Word does not respond to having the key changed from outside. Can anyone please help with this, as this key is on HKEY_CURRENT_USER, which means in the network environment it is in, it has to be done once for each person using each workstation. This is a very large manual task. TIA dixie NO! NO! NO! Do *NOT* set the security of your users PCs to low. This will open the door to macro viruses and is not necessary for what you want to achieve. You need to set the user's PCs to trust installed templates and add-ins. This (and the macro security) is set from the Word data key settings sub key along with a load of other settings. This binary key does not lend itself to manual manipulation in the manner you imagine. You are either going to have to instruct the users how to set macro security to trust installed templates and add-ins, or do what the company is paying you for and adjust each one yourself.  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > I need to change the security of Word 2003 to allow it to enable > macros in templates in a large site with dozens of computers. Every [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > TIA > dixie The second option is not possible as the sites are spread over a distance of more than 1200km. As you can tell, I am not a Word person Graham, what do you mean by the "Word data key settings sub key "? Is this an easy thing to set? > NO! NO! NO! > Do *NOT* set the security of your users PCs to low. This will open the [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> TIA >> dixie The registry key in question is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data\Settings This is a user key, binary and non-editable, which contains most of the settings in tools > options and a few other things besides.. The only practical way to set it is through tools > options > security > macro security > trusted publishers > trust all installed templates and add-ins. If you cannot attend the sites, the easiest plan will be to instruct the users to set this option. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > The second option is not possible as the sites are spread over a > distance of more than 1200km. As you can tell, I am not a Word person [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>> TIA >>> dixie OK, I follow that, but what is meant by an installed template? How do you install a template as opposed to just having a number of them somewhere in a folder on the system. Does that mean that they have to be specifically placed in one of the paths that is in Option Files as either User Templatess or Workgroup Templates? dixie > The registry key in question is > [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >>>> TIA >>>> dixie An installed template is a template or addin installed in the User Templates, Workgroup Templates or Startup Templates. http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm A template can be used wherever it is stored, but it will only be installed if placed in one of the defined folders as you surmise. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > OK, I follow that, but what is meant by an installed template? How > do you install a template as opposed to just having a number of them [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] >>>>> TIA >>>>> dixie Good, now I'm starting to understand. Now, since each machine I deal with is set up with the same image, then the User Templates will have the same path. AFAIK, it is something like C:\...\Microsoft\Templates. There seems to be no way to see the full extended version of this path. However, since we are dealing with a large network, obviously the Users templates should be on a network server drive. That is where they are currently. The problem is I guess that each version of Word (which is on the workstations) would have to be manually changed to the correct path? I take it there is no short cut for this? Only wishing. That looks like being a big job for the system administrators. Can you explain to me the difference between user templates and workgroup templates? Thankyou. dixie > An installed template is a template or addin installed in the User > Templates, Workgroup Templates or Startup Templates. [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] >>>>>> TIA >>>>>> dixie The user templates folder (which contains the essential user file normal.dot) is usually best located on the local machine. Normal.dot is not designed to be shared. Workgroup templates are document templates intended to be shared. This can be a common folder on a network resource. As far as the user is concerned, the two types integrate seamlessly. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Good, now I'm starting to understand. Now, since each machine I deal > with is set up with the same image, then the User Templates will have [quoted text clipped - 109 lines] >>>>>>> TIA >>>>>>> dixie Thankyou Graham. I appreciate your help. dixie > The user templates folder (which contains the essential user file > normal.dot) is usually best located on the local machine. Normal.dot is [quoted text clipped - 117 lines] >>>>>>>> TIA >>>>>>>> dixie |
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