
Click the Microsoft Office button (in Excel 2007) or the File Tab (in Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Excel 2019, Excel for Microsoft 365) in the upper left hand corner. Close "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register" if you already opened it but leave the Excel program open. (Option 2) If you do not see any warning message after opening "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register" and the macros are not enabled then follow these steps:. See option 3 below for a different solution using trusted locations.
Note: For Excel 2007, to enable macros, the steps for options 1 must be done each time "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register" is opened.
In Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Excel 2019, Excel for Microsoft 365 click the button that says "Enable Content." The Excel file is now a "Trusted Document" and its macros are now enabled and the next time you open the file, you will not have to enable the macros again unless you move the location of the file to another folder.
(Option 1) If you open "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register" and see a warning message under the Excel Ribbon that says "Security Warning Some active content has been disabled" or "Security Warning Macros have been disabled" then in Excel 2007, click the Options button next to this warning message. To enable macros on "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register" choose one of the 3 options below: When you open "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register", you might see a highlighted message bar under the Excel Ribbon which says: "Protected View This file originated from an Internet location and might be unsafe." Click the button that says "Enable Editing." Then enable macros as described below. Note: In Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016, Excel 2019, and Excel for Microsoft 365 there is another security feature known as Protected View. If you see the following messages, then macros need to be enabled.
Macros must be enabled for "Georges Budget for Excel" / "Georges Excel Checkbook Register" to work properly. Macros can be enabled or disabled and depending on your Excel security settings, macros are typically disabled when you first open an Excel file. Microsoft Excel macros use visual basic for applications programming (VBA macros) to automate and add more functionality to Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets. Applies to Excel templates: " Georges Budget for Excel", " Georges Excel Checkbook Register"