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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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-07-10T06:42:26+00:00

    We have been inundated with support calls from customers having the same issue.

    When performing a mail merge where the document contains an IncludePicture code with either a full UNC path or a path using a mapped network drive, the security notice pop up is displayed. However this is displayed behind our application, which causes customers to believe our application has frozen.

    The mail merge process only continues after clicking yes on the security notice.

    This issue was first reported to us on Wednesday this week.

    Is this the same issue that's being investigated by the Microsoft Office team?

    Yes, it is the same issue

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-10T01:37:41+00:00

    I have had the same problem for maybe two weeks now. I am loath to try the "fix" proposed as not only is it lengthy but I am a techno-dumbo and the "fix" itself has so many warnings that it seems a good idea for me to stay away from it. Therefor the only thing I can do is wait ...and wait

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