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Microsoft Office users can enable trusted macros in 2026 by using the yellow Enable Content bar for ordinary trusted documents, removing Windows’ internet “Mark of the Web” block for downloaded files, or changing Trust Center settings when a broader per-app policy change is appropriate. The...

On July 13, 2026, Microsoft Office apps on some Macs, iPhones, and iPads will drop into reduced functionality mode if they have not received updated license-certificate builds, leaving users able to open and print files but unable to edit, save, or create them. The deadline is not a dramatic...

Microsoft WordArt remains available in modern Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Office apps in 2026, but the once-prominent decorative text feature now lives mostly under the Insert tab rather than at the center of everyday document creation. Its survival is not an accident. WordArt...

Microsoft’s Office apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad need a licensing-certificate update before July 13, 2026, or affected installations of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote may fall into reduced functionality mode, where documents can be opened and printed but not edited, saved, or...

Microsoft confirmed on June 16, 2026, that Windows updates released on or after June 9, including Windows 11 KB5094126 and KB5093998, can prevent some third-party applications from launching Microsoft Office apps or opening Office documents through OLE automation on affected PCs after...

Starting July 13, 2026, Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac and older Microsoft 365 apps on unsupported macOS, iPhone, and iPad devices may enter reduced functionality mode, allowing users to open and print files but blocking editing, saving, and creating documents. The proximate cause is an expiring...

Microsoft Office users can usually fix Format Painter failures by restarting the affected app, trying Microsoft’s formatting-copy shortcuts, testing the file in Office Safe Mode, disabling add-ins, and checking whether the document is protected against formatting or editing changes. The problem...

Microsoft says Office 2019 for Mac, iPhone, and iPad will enter reduced functionality mode on July 13, 2026, leaving affected Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote users able to open and print files but not edit, save, or create them. The company frames the change as a certificate and...

Microsoft says Office 2019 for Mac will enter reduced functionality mode on July 13, 2026, leaving Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote able to open, view, and print files but unable to create, edit, or save documents. The change is not a conventional feature retirement so much as a...

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-47293 on June 9, 2026, as a high-severity Microsoft Office Click-to-Run elevation-of-privilege vulnerability affecting Office 2019, caused by a use-after-free flaw that can let an authorized local attacker gain elevated privileges. The important part is not that...

Microsoft’s CVE-2026-45463 is titled as a Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability because the attacker can be remote from the victim, even though the CVSS attack vector is Local because exploitation requires malicious code or content to be processed on the victim’s own machine. That...

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-45461 on June 9, 2026 as a Critical Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability, even though its CVSS vector lists the attack vector as local because exploitation depends on code being run on the victim’s machine. That wording is not a contradiction so much...

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-44821 on June 9, 2026, as an Important-rated Microsoft Office information disclosure vulnerability caused by an out-of-bounds read that can let an unauthorized local attacker expose small portions of heap memory after convincing a user to open a malicious Office...

Microsoft’s CVE-2026-45474 advisory describes a Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability because the attacker can be remote from the victim, even though the CVSS attack vector is local because exploitation requires malicious code or content to run on the target machine during the...

Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 disclosure for CVE-2026-45472 says security updates for Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021, Office LTSC for Mac 2024, and Microsoft 365 for Mac are not immediately available, with Microsoft promising a later CVE revision when those Mac fixes ship. That is the...

Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac will enter reduced functionality mode on July 13, 2026, when an expiring license-validation certificate leaves Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote able to open and print files but unable to create, edit, or save them. That is the plain technical trigger...

Microsoft is warning Office users on Macs, iPhones, and iPads that a licensing certificate change taking effect on July 13, 2026, may push outdated Office installations into reduced functionality mode, leaving affected apps able to open and print documents but unable to create, edit, or save...

Beginning July 13, 2026, Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 apps on Macs, iPhones, and iPads running older Apple operating systems may enter reduced functionality mode, allowing users to open and print files but not edit, save, or create documents. The immediate trigger is not a new Windows...

Microsoft says that from July 13, 2026, Microsoft 365 apps and Office 2019 or Office 2021 on older Apple operating systems may enter reduced functionality mode, leaving Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote able to open or print files but not edit, save, or create them. The cutoff lands...

Microsoft will push affected Office apps on macOS, iPhone, and iPad into reduced functionality mode on July 13, 2026, leaving Office 2019 for Mac users able to open and print documents but unable to edit, save, or create files. The immediate trigger is an expiring licensing certificate, but the...