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. Anonymous
    2021-09-01T01:21:08+00:00

    kw1478, I too had the same problem you did with this annoying popup, at the same time you did, around July 7, and a subsequent update (like for you) resolved the issue.

    I'm wondering if this problem has returned for you (8/31/21) as it has returned for me with the latest update, on approximately 8/25/21?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-08-31T16:36:16+00:00

    Hello,

    I have the problem again after the last update.

    It's OK with version 2107 (build 14228.20250).

    It's KO with version 2108 (build 14326.20238).

    Can you correct it as soon as possible?

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-16T13:35:49+00:00

    Thank you. That version and the Version 2106 (Build 14131.20320) that followed both exhibited the same issue, so the fact your issue is fixed is interesting. Could be the Windows update you mentioned earlier that corrected this somehow, but I suppose will need a test to verify it.

    Thanks for the info.

    D

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