"Jeff Korn" wrote:
When I open certain Excel or Word documents then I am
always asked if I want to enable or disable embedded macros.

How can I permanently active these macros (when I open the
document later again)?

However I do NOT want to change the document file itself. [...]


Where are the macros stored? In Word, it's not customary to store macros in
documents.
If the macros are stored in the attached template, or in a global template,
you could move those into a trusted location (such as your templates folder
or Word's StartUp folder).

Klaus