Microsoft Office has Identified a Potential Security Concern

Anonymous
2021-07-02T22:06:41+00:00

Hi,

Starting this afternoon, when I copy an paste an HTML-based wiki file (from Zendesk) into Word, I see the attached error.

I perform this operation numerous times, and never saw this notice until today. I have Word 365 Win10.

The problem does not occur when I paste a Confluence page.

Can someone clarify this message for me? What do they mean by "Choosing YES will enable updating all fields in this file..." What fields? And are they talking about the source file or target file?

Thanks!

Stephen

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Diane Poremsky MVP 17,536 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2021-07-08T02:16:10+00:00

This is a bug in the current build - Microsoft is aware if the issue and working on a fix - but I have no ETA for when it will be fixed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-09T01:43:36+00:00

    Doug,

    I'm currently using successfully a previous version\build - Version 2103, Build 13901.20336

    There was an Office 365 update earlier today that I have on another machine. It did NOT fix the problem.

    And, while Diane Poremsky said there was no ETA when it would be fixed, I did read, in another community thread, that it might be fixed by the mid-September update

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-09-09T00:45:23+00:00

    Hi.

    Some of my users are reporting this ATM.
    There does not appear to be any updates available.

    can you provide the update number so I can search for it?

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-01T01:16:01+00:00

    Jay, thanks for the link and the update. I will read and reply there, as needed. My Office 365 did not offer an update, yet, past Version 2108 Build 14326.20238. Chat support, including 2nd Tier, today could not find a solution other than to return my Office 365 to a previous version that did not have the popup problem. So, that's what I'm using now, the previous build. I remain hopeful that MS will once again fix this so I can continue to get updates.

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  4. Jay Freedman 208.3K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-09-01T01:00:19+00:00

    This is also being discussed in the thread at https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/how-do-i-disable-microsoft-word-security-notice/3714060c-bf5b-431e-a03f-6a339b72d4c5 

    As I replied there today,

    My installation of Office just updated from 2108 (14326.20238) to 2108 (14326.20282). I didn't see the popup in either build. Try getting the update, which may help.

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