After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps.

In this post, we show you how to change color of ActiveX Control buttons in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint programs.

Form Control objects are self-contained within Excel, while ActiveX Control objects use Visual Basic for Applications for formatting and scripting.

A check box in Excel can use either Excel's form controls or ActiveX controls for formatting. Form controls offer simple formatting, as well as the ability to add a check box to a chart sheet or ...

With Office 2024, ActiveX controls in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio will be turned off by default, and users will not receive any warnings.

Starting this month, the Windows versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio in Microsoft 365 will disable all ActiveX content by default without showing a notification. The Mac and ...

Another major change available for Insiders is related to enhancing security. Excel's new default configuration for ActiveX controls is Disable all controls without notification.

Another patch, KB 2553154, is killing some Excel 2010 and 2013 macros, saying the ActiveX control “has stopped working in Excel.” Admins are reporting that KB 3008923 has broken modal dialogs ...

The bug is in the ActiveX control that displays Excel spreadsheets within IE, Microsoft said. The timing of the disclosure was particularly awkward for Microsoft.

At times, you might not want to prevent macros, ActiveX control, data connections, etc., from running in a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, or PowerPoint presentation. If so, you can disable or ...