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Microsoft has disabled Excel 4.0 macros by default in the latest release of its spreadsheet software to help customers protect themselves against related security threats. That setting, released as an ...

Excel macros use Visual Basic code to perform functions unavailable through the program's graphical controls. For example, macros can extract data from a sheet, perform string operations on them and ...

Microsoft has announced that Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros will now be disabled by default to protect customers from malicious documents. In October, the company first revealed in a Microsoft 365 message ...

Microsoft will soon begin disabling Excel 4.0 XLM macros by default in Microsoft 365 tenants to protect customers from malicious documents. Excel 4.0 macros, or XLM macros, were first added to Excel ...

Can Excel send Alerts? Yes, but with some limitations. Excel cannot email an alert to you automatically unless you write a macro in the Visual Basic (VBA) editor to perform this function. And, the ...

Microsoft has blocked macros in Excel due to potential security risks. Learn why this matters and how to protect your ...

Microsoft Excel is full of little tricks and features that are designed to make it easier for you to set up and manage your spreadsheets. Though unlike formulas — which can be used to automatically ...