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Southwood127
Copper Contributor
May 22, 2020
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Opening Excel documents

I have been successfully using Excel 2016. However; when I tried to open documents downloaded today from MS TechCommunity, all failed to open with a comment that the files were corrupt. Surely that is not so.

 

What could be amiss?

 

 

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  • wumolad's avatar
    wumolad
    May 23, 2020

    HiSouthwood127 .

     

    Check your trust Center settings and confirm you can safely open files downloaded from the internet.

     

    Click on File >> Option >> Trust Center

     

    While in Trust Center, click on Trust Center Settings

     

    Then choose Protected View on the side bar, you may then need to uncheck "Enable Protected View for files originating from the Internet"

     

     

    Cheers

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  • wumolad's avatar
    wumolad
    Steel Contributor
    May 23, 2020

    HiSouthwood127 .

     

    Check your trust Center settings and confirm you can safely open files downloaded from the internet.

     

    Click on File >> Option >> Trust Center

     

    While in Trust Center, click on Trust Center Settings

     

    Then choose Protected View on the side bar, you may then need to uncheck "Enable Protected View for files originating from the Internet"

     

     

    Cheers