View my security settings in the Trust Center
The Trust Center is where you can find security and privacy settings for the Microsoft Office system programs. The Very High, High, Medium, and Low security levels that were used in earlier versions of Office are now replaced with a more streamlined security system.
- Do the following in these Microsoft Office system programs:
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access
- Click the
Microsoft Office Button
, and then click Program Name Options, where Program Name is the name of the program you are in, for example,
Word Options
. - Click
Trust Center
, and then clickTrust Center Settings
.
Visio, Outlook, Publisher, or InfoPath
- On the
Tools
menu, clickTrust Center
.
- Click the
- Click the security area that you want.
For Help on each security area, see the following:
- Enable or disable ActiveX controls in Office documents
- Enable or disable add-ins in Office programs
- Enable or disable macros in Office documents
- Enable or disable security alerts on the Message Bar
- Add, remove, or view a trusted publisher
- Block or unblock external content in Office documents
- Create, remove, or change a trusted location for your files
See also:
- Add, remove, or view a trusted publisher
- Create, remove, or change a trusted location for your files
- Enable or disable ActiveX controls in Office documents
- Enable or disable add-ins in Office programs
- Enable or disable macros in Office documents
- Enable or disable security alerts about links to and files from suspicious Web sites
- Enable or disable security alerts on the Message Bar