You might want to study the following first -

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...ffice.11).aspx

FWIW I have never received a virus in an xls/a attachment, nor have I found
any reference to one being in circulation since c.1996.

Regards,
Peter T

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Norman:

Thanks much for reply.

If Excel macro security is by design overridden by the mere fact of a
workbook residing in Excel's startup directory, that is execrable.

I'll post a new thread on that.

Thanks again.

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