How do I disable "Microsoft Word Security Notice" pop-up

Anonymous
2021-07-07T17:12:32+00:00

I am extremely frustrated, to the point that I want to just switch over to Apple products the way everyone tells me to.

For no reason - (at least nothing I did), Microsoft appears to have installed some type of software on my computer that whenever I copy and paste into a MS Word document, I get an annoying pop-up:

Microsoft Word Security Notice

Microsoft Office has identified a potential security concern.

This document contains fields that can share data with external files and websites. It is important that this file is from a trustworthy source.

Choosing Yes will enable updating all fields in this file until you close it.

And I say --- duh! This is what I was trying to do. But why do I have to be annoyed each and every time I do anything with MS Word products??? Oh.. I'm using Windows 10 Professional and a Microsoft 365 account through my school

How can I fix it? Or should I just throw this Dell Latitude Laptop out the window and start over with an iBook?

Arrrrrgh.

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Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2021-07-08T15:04:48+00:00

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a security feature which was enabled after the last update. Is there a way to disable this warning when doing mail merges?

It is a bug in the last update, and it is what Microsoft's team is working to resolve. When the fix is released, the security notice should not pop up when it isn't appropriate, i.e., during a merge or after pasting a benign object from another location. Until that fix arrives, though, the rollback that you did is the only way to avoid the notices.

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Anonymous
2021-07-16T06:16:21+00:00

I just updated my MS Office and this problem has been solved.

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  1. Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-13T19:17:09+00:00

    No, we (MVPs, who are not Microsoft employees) don't have an update yet. Microsoft typically doesn't publish anything about bugs in progress until a fix is complete and tested. If I get any notification of a fix, I'll post it here.

    Just from my experience as a former developer at another company: if anyone gives a date for fixing a bug before the bug's cause is known, that's just wishful thinking. And even after the cause is known, it may take an indeterminate length of time to figure out how to fix it without causing another problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-07-13T14:19:48+00:00

    I'm not sure if this is a bug or a security feature which was enabled after the last update. Is there a way to disable this warning when doing mail merges?

    It is a bug in the last update, and it is what Microsoft's team is working to resolve. When the fix is released, the security notice should not pop up when it isn't appropriate, i.e., during a merge or after pasting a benign object from another location. Until that fix arrives, though, the rollback that you did is the only way to avoid the notices.

    Thx Jay. Would you happen to have any updates on this? Is there an official MS bulletin on this bug that can be followed? When I searched for this error, only this blog came up first. Any info is much appreciated, thanks again.

    We are seeing this on Version 2106 Build 14131.20320 now.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-12T22:21:07+00:00

    You know, I suppose I can say I'm old school. When the majority of my day is spent attempting to fix the cell phone, computer, Microsoft Word, because of updates that have messed with the system I was satisfied with. I truly feel I have once again joined the working class.

    The song by Carly Simon, "It was so easy", seems to be so appropriate, but not any more. Too much, to inundating. We Seniors just can't comprehend all these new peripherals today.. :( No more user friendly.

    Sad

    Hi SK,

    Thanks for the come-back, but it's not "just us" Seniors who can't comprehend, Even the 'young squirts' at MS (& others) who supposedly are full of 'piss & vinegar', are more often just plain

    'full of "it" '! They are the ones who keep screwing up the updates & then just sit back & wait for the 'Seniors' to proof them out!

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