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Adding Trusted Locations in Office 2007

To reduce the number of security warnings received while opening files known to be safe, Office 2007 allows users to define Trusted Locations.  Security checks relating to files in these locations are reduced.  To designate a Trusted Location:

1. Click the Office Button in the upper left corner of the screen.

2. From the Office Button menu, select Program Options, where Program is the name of the program you are using, e.g., Word.

3. Click Trust Center, then click the Trust Center Settings button. A new page will open.

4. Click Trusted Locations on the left of the screen. Click Add New Location*.

* If adding your personal or shared drive, you must check the box next to “Allow Trusted Locations on my network” before clicking Add New Location.

5. Click Browse and find the location you'd like to add. Most likely this will be My Documents. For your personal or shared drives, simply type P:\ or S:\ into the location box instead of browsing.

6. Check the box next to “Subfolders of this location are also trusted” then click OK.  Click OK again to finish.