[nabs-l] files in protected view

Mary Fernandez trillian551 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 19:24:28 UTC 2012


Hi all,
The easiest way to do this is to open the doc, hit ctrl+s for save,
tab to enable saving, hit enter and just hit escape once you are in
the save file dialogue. That way the protected mode is turned off but
you didn't save it again.
Sincerely,
Mary

On 8/7/12, Chun Chao <zerone1683 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you checking your email via Outlook or are you doing it logged in
> online??
> If you are checking your email via Outlook, what you might want to do
> is go into the preferences/settings to disable the protected view
> permanently.
>
> Another way to access an attachment via Outlook is to continuously tab
> around the message window until you get to the attachments field, then
> arrow left or right to the attachment that you want.
> Use the applications key to open a submenu and arrow down to the option Save
> As.
> The one important thing that you want to check for once the file is
> saved into your computer is to go to the saved file, use applications
> key for the submenu, and select the option Properties.
> Make sure that there is no Unblock button below the Advanced button in
> the properties dialogue box.
> If there is a Unblock button, activate the button and the file should
> be workable.
> The annoying thing about having to unblock the file manually through
> the properties dialogue box is that the properties dialogue box
> becomes unavailable whenever the Unblock button is activated.
> In order to apply change, use Alt+Tab as if navigating between windows
> until the properties dialogue box comes up, afterwards, tab down to
> activate the apply button and then the OK button.
> This is the only work around I know of and have always used.
>
> C.C. Alan
>
> On 8/7/12, Cynthia Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey. This is definitely on topic since students have to work with
>> Microsoft Word all the time. Saving as also does the trick. You will
>> have to "enable saving," when the window pops up, but after you do
>> this, you can save as just as you would any other file. But I do like
>> that you can turn it off without saving, because I have found that
>> even navigating a document in protected view can be difficult, and I
>> get sick of saving attachments I only want to read and then close.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> On 8/7/12, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Patric,
>>>
>>> I have had to deal with the same problem.  Unfortunately, I don't
>>> think there is any way to turn it off entirely.  You'll just have to
>>> go into the ribbon and then control tab to where the status bar tool
>>> bar would be and then press tab.  Then there will be a button to take
>>> it out of protected view.  I am curious to see though if anyone else
>>> has found a short cut for this or a way to turn it off completely.
>>>
>>> On 8/7/12, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>>> Yes.
>>>> All you have to do, is instead of hitting view as HTML, just open the
>>>> document, and it will save to Microsoft Word.
>>>> Then, just open the document up in Word, and you can work with it.
>>>> You can't deal with it in an E-mail, though.
>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>
>>>> On 8/7/12, Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hey NABS:
>>>>> I'm really not sure where to go with this one. I have word 2010. When
>>>>> I get files as e-mail attachments and try to open them, they open in
>>>>> protected view. This means I can't work with them in any way. Is there
>>>>> a way to turn off protected view, so that it doesn't happen every time
>>>>> I get an e-mail with an attachment I want to read?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>
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