Excel2007,Excel2010 SecurityandAddIns

The first time that you attempt to open Excel OM or Excel QM in Excel 2007 you may be confronted with the following window on the screen.

If you have used previous versions of Excel you would be expecting the Enable Macros button to be enabled but it is not. Do not panic. You need to create a trusted location - trust all macros from the folder in which the file resides

Create a trusted location

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1. 2. 3. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Excel Options.

Click Trust Center, click Trust Center Settings, and then click Trusted Locations. Click Add new location. We recommended that you don't make your entire Documents or My Documents folder a trusted

IMPORTANT

location. Doing so creates a larger target for a hacker to potentially exploit and increases your security risk. Create a subfolder within Documents or My Documents, and make only that folder a trusted location. 4. Click Browse to locate the folder. Depending on which Prentice-Hall Business Publishing software you have the folder will be one of the following.

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C:\Program files\ExcelOM3 (for 32 bit windows) C:\Program files (x86)\ExcelOM3 (for 64 bit windows) C:\Program files\ExcelQM3 (for 32 bit Windows) C:\Program files (x86)\ExcelQM3 (64 bit windows) C:\Program Files\Active Models (for 32 bit Windows) C:\Program Files (x86)\Active Models (for 64 bit Windows) For the Krajewski, Ritzman, Malhotra. text the folders are below C:\Program Files\Prentice Hall\OMExplorerKRM (for 32 bit Windows) C:\Program Files (x86)\Prentice Hall\OMExplorerKRM (for 64 bit Windows) C:\Program Files\Prentice Hall\Active Models C:\Program Files (x86)\Prentice Hall\Active Models

5. 6. 7.

Click OK. Close Excel Open Excel OM (or another add-in for which you have made a trusted location)

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