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
    2021-09-01T17:49:49+00:00

    Hi Jay,

    I tried to force the update (File > Account > Update Options > Update Now) but Word says the most recent version is already installed. How can I get the latest build ?

    Thanks.

    I'm in the Current Channel (Preview) distribution, part of the Office Insider program. If you're in the Current Channel but not Preview, that build may not be available to you for another couple of weeks. In that case, you may need to roll back to the build before the last update and then disable updates until mid-September or later.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-09-01T09:24:19+00:00

    A lot of our customers had this issue back in July. An Office update around mid-July resolved the issue.

    We're now being inundated with calls from customers, stating the issue is happening again.

    I've managed to replicate the issue on my PC. I'm running Office 365 Version 2108 Build 14325.20238 Current Channel.

    When I check for updates, Office informs me that I'm running the latest version.

    Is this an issue that's being investigated?

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  3. Jay Freedman 208.2K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-08-31T21:43:11+00:00

    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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