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Excel gets a variation of the Word DDE block settings

Posted on January 11, 2018 at 07:40 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

They come along for the ride with this month’s Excel security patches — but Microsoft didn’t bother to document any of it, outside of an addendum to an old Security Advisory.

Here’s the DDE warning dialog on open:

Thx, @MrBrian

Computerworld Woody on Windows.

Office Patches/Security KB 4011602, KB 4011627, KB 4011639, KB 4011660

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