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How to turn off, turn on Enable Editing when opening Word, Excel

Instructions to turn off, turn on Enable Editing or Protected View mode when opening Word and Excel files. When you download a Word or Excel file online, Word and Excel often ask you to turn off Protected View by clicking Enable Editing before you can edit or print the text. Protected View mode is a feature of Office to limit the risk of virus infection when downloading files from the network, but if you often open multiple documents, you should consider turning this feature off to save work time.

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To turn off the Enable Editing feature or the Protected View mode, follow the instructions below:

Go to the File menu on the toolbar

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Select Options

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Then click Trust Center

The screen will turn to as shown below, continue to click on Trust Center Settings . on the right of the screen.

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The Trust Center dialog box appears, select Protected View , where you deselect all the settings as shown below, then click OK.

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Finally, you just need to reopen your file without having to worry about the annoyance of Enable Editing anymore.

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This is how to turn off Enable Editing when opening Office files.

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