About disabled features

Microsoft Office Excel 2003

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  • Run the Office Setup program again.

    ShowHow?

    1. Quit all programs.
    2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Microsoft Windows Control Panel.
    3. Do one of the following:

      For Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Millennium Edition:

      • If you installed your Office program as part of Microsoft Office, click Microsoft Office in the Currently installed programs box, and then click the Change button.
      • If you installed your Office program individually, click the name of your program in the Currently installed programs box, and then click the Change button.

      For Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0:

      • If you installed your Office program as part of Microsoft Office, click Microsoft Office on the Install/Uninstall tab, and then click the Add/Remove button.
      • If you installed your Office program individually, click the name of your program on the Install/Uninstall tab, and then click the Add/Remove button.
  • On the Features to install screen in the Setup program, click the plus sign (+) next to Office Shared Features.
  • Select Visual Basic for Applications, click the arrow next to your selection, and then click Run from My Computer.

    • If someone else set up your Office installation for you, contact your System Administrator or Information Technology (IT) Professional to see whether you are running Office with VBA disabled.

    Help protect Office without removing functionality

    To help protect against macro viruses, you should purchase and install specialized antivirus software. To further help protect yourself from macro viruses, you can use the following procedures:

    ShowSet macro security level to High

    1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
    2. Click the Security tab.
    3. Click Macro Security.
    4. Click the Security Level tab, and then select the security level you want to use.

    ShowClear the Trust all installed add-ins and templates check box

    Depending on your macro security setting, when you open a macro, you will receive a warning and the macro may be disabled for installed templates and add-ins (including wizards).

    1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Security tab.

    2. Click Macro Security.
    3. Click the Trusted Sources tab.
    4. Clear the Trust all installed add-ins and templates check box.

    Note  All templates, add-ins, and macros shipped with Microsoft Office 2003 are digitally signed by Microsoft. Once you add Microsoft to your list of trusted sources for one of these installed files all subsequent interaction with these files will not generate messages.

    ShowClear the list of trusted sources

    To perform this procedure, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later installed on your computer.

    1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Security tab.

    2. Click Macro Security.
    3. Click the Trusted Sources tab.
    4. Click the source you want to remove from the list.
    5. Click Remove.
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