Turn on and Off the Protected View Feature in Office 2010

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You can turn on / off the Protected View feature in Office 2010, with Office 2013 similar to the steps below.

Step 1: First, you need to open the application you may need to turn on / off Protected View (Word, Excel, Power Point).

Step 2: Select File -> Options .

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Step 3: In Options, select Trust Center in the left menu.

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Step 4: Next, select Trust Center Settings .

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Step 5: In the left menu, select Protected View .

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Step 6: In the Protected View section on the right, if you may need to turn off Protected View , you deselect in the 3 squares as shown.

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If you may need to turn on the Protected View feature, check all 3 boxes.

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Then choose OK to finish.

How to perform the turn on / off Protected View feature in Office is very simple, with other Office applications you do the same as with Microsoft Office Word in the previous article. Good luck!