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Mac "doc" files won't open in MSWord
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1937426" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>No. Word has had "Macro Virus Protection" built in for close to two decades now. See:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://kb.iu.edu/d/agzk" target="_blank">https://kb.iu.edu/d/agzk</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/protect-yourself-from-macro-viruses-a3f3576a-bfef-4d25-84dc-70d18bde5903" target="_blank">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/protect-yourself-from-macro-viruses-a3f3576a-bfef-4d25-84dc-70d18bde5903</a></p><p></p><p>Disenfectant was the premier anti-virus tool for the Macintosh back during the classic (pre-OS X) days. It was free and effective. That was over 20 years ago.</p><p></p><p>I'm not entirely sure what the security issue is that Microsoft is looking out for by not letting really old .doc files be opened with a double-click. In the Windows version of Word you can fix the problem using the Trust Center. There is no analog for the Macintosh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1937426, member: 190607"] No. Word has had "Macro Virus Protection" built in for close to two decades now. See: [URL code="true"]https://kb.iu.edu/d/agzk[/URL] [URL code="true"]https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/protect-yourself-from-macro-viruses-a3f3576a-bfef-4d25-84dc-70d18bde5903[/URL] Disenfectant was the premier anti-virus tool for the Macintosh back during the classic (pre-OS X) days. It was free and effective. That was over 20 years ago. I'm not entirely sure what the security issue is that Microsoft is looking out for by not letting really old .doc files be opened with a double-click. In the Windows version of Word you can fix the problem using the Trust Center. There is no analog for the Macintosh. [/QUOTE]
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