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How to enable macros in your Systems2win templates

	If your template is digitally signed
	If your template is not digitally signed
	If you are using Office 2007
	Why it is important to enable macros
	Version 5+ templates also require Systems2win Add-In

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If your template is digitally signed

As of April 2007, Systems2win began digitally signing macros.

The first time that you open a Systems2win template, you will be asked to add Systems2win to your list of Trusted Developers.
From then on... macros will be automatically activated whenever you open a Systems2win template.

If your template is not digitally signed

Prior to April 2007, Systems2win templates were not digitally signed. Yet another reason to keep your upgrades current.

Excel > Tools > Options > Security > Macro Security must be set to medium or low. Then restart Excel.

Then each time you open a workbook, in the pop-up dialog box, you must click the button to Enable Macros.

Office 2007: on the Security ribbon > open the Options button > Enable this content

If you are using Excel 2007

After you convert a file to an Excel 2007 format, you might need to manually re-enable macros (in the same way that you enable macros if a template is not digitally signed).

Why it is important to enable macros

With your Systems2win Excel templates - macros are not just "helpful" - they are required as per your License Agreement.

Every Systems2win Excel template relies on macros for at least some functionality (including several safeguards to prevent users from accidentally "shooting themselves in the foot"), and many templates are completely or partially non-functional if macros are not enabled.

If you use a Systems2win template without macros enabled, and you get tangled up in one of the pitfalls that the macros were intended to safeguard against, then this type of technical support is excluded from "free support", and you will be charged our regular billing rate.

Version 5+ templates also require Systems2win Add-in

Systems2win templates version 5 or higher require both:

Macros to be enabled
The Systems2win Add-in to be installed on your computer

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