Enable/Disable Macros in PowerPoint

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Can anyone describe to me what exactly this message is referring to when I
open up certain PowerPoint files? I commonly get it when I try to open up a
PPT file that uses the ActiveX control for Flash. Is it asking me if I want
to allow PPT to use the Control for Flash? Thanks.
 
Can anyone describe to me what exactly this message is referring to when I
open up certain PowerPoint files? I commonly get it when I try to open up a
PPT file that uses the ActiveX control for Flash. Is it asking me if I want
to allow PPT to use the Control for Flash? Thanks.
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Tell us exactly what the message says, we'll give it our best shot.
Otherwise, we're shooting in the dark.
 
It's a message that I get when I first open up a PowerPoint document. The
message that is stated is:

"Macros may contain viruses. It is always safe to disable macros, but if
the macros are legitimate, you might lose some functionality."

I'm just trying to get a better concept to what this actually means. I am
loading .swfs onto PPT slides, and I think that the ActiveX Flash Control has
something to do with it, but not 100% sure.
 
It's a message that I get when I first open up a PowerPoint document. The
message that is stated is:

"Macros may contain viruses. It is always safe to disable macros, but if
the macros are legitimate, you might lose some functionality."

I'm just trying to get a better concept to what this actually means. I am
loading .swfs onto PPT slides, and I think that the ActiveX Flash Control has
something to do with it, but not 100% sure.
 
It's a message that I get when I first open up a PowerPoint document. The
message that is stated is:

"Macros may contain viruses. It is always safe to disable macros, but if
the macros are legitimate, you might lose some functionality."

I'm just trying to get a better concept to what this actually means. I am
loading .swfs onto PPT slides, and I think that the ActiveX Flash Control has
something to do with it, but not 100% sure.
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OK, thanks.

Open one of these presentations, tell it OK when it barks at you about macros,
then press F11 to open the VBA editor.

Click the + next to the presentation's name and see if there are any modules
listed below that. Those would contain macros.

If you see Slides listed, those would be slides with ActiveX controls of one
sort or another.

If there are only controls/Slides and you're sure they're just your ActiveX
controls, then you don't need to worry about macros, it's just the controls
making PPT go "Woof".
 
Try right clicking on the control > view code. If there is any code and youre
not using it - delete and resave, see if that helps
 
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