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

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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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
    2021-09-16T15:15:04+00:00

    Stephen2916,

    I thought it was obvious that we, the consumers of their product, are their new QA department LOL

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-09-16T14:40:16+00:00

    >>I know Microsoft laid off their QA staff a couple years ago, but as a customer, it is infuriating that an issue that could have been easily identified by, you know, using the program once appears time and time again.<<

    @Christopher Reeves -- Thanks for your response.

    So who's doing the testing? How can any software company, let alone a giant corporation, not retain their QA staff? Unfathonable.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-16T14:22:53+00:00

    It appears that Microsoft has introduced this bug several times over the years. I know Microsoft laid off their QA staff a couple years ago, but as a customer, it is infuriating that an issue that could have been easily identified by, you know, using the program once appears time and time again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-09-15T08:04:28+00:00

    Niranp,

    There was both an Office 365 update and Windows update yesterday 9/14/21. Sadly, neither resolved this error, for me.

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