Microsoft Office 2010 knows there are Word-based macro viruses out there. It's so protective, in fact, it can be a bit annoying when you're trying to open Outlook attachments from co-workers. Tech ...

1] Disable Protected View As mentioned earlier, Protected View is the name of the function that protects your system from getting frequent attacks by malware while opening a Word file.

If so, you can disable or turn off Trusted Documents features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This explains how you can enable or disable trusted documents in Word and other office apps.