Monday, 24 July 2017

Steps for Disabling protected View in Excel for outlook excel file attachment


Steps for Disabling protected View in Excel

The outlook mail along with excel or csv file would need to open in Outlook or mobile outlook need to disable the settings as below

Steps for Disabling Protected View:

1.      Open the outlook mail. Save the excel file to desktop. Right click on the file à Save As. Kindly note this is only one time step. User need not do it every time once the setups are complete.

2.      Open the file from Desktop. we will get a blank screen as it is protected file

3.      Click on file in excel -> click on options -> Trust Center -> Click on Trust Center settings -> Click on protected view

4.      3 options are enabled -> Uncheck all the 3 check boxes

5.      Click on Ok and on next screen click on OK too

6.      Close the excel. If it asks for saving, save the file.

7.      Open the file again,

8.      We will get the message to be proceed or not.

9.      Click Yes.

10.  The output will be displayed