How to Open Excel With Macros Disabled. When used in Microsoft Excel 2010, macros are simply pieces of computer code that get loaded when you launch the software. Normally, macros help you perform ...

These days, you can still use macros in Excel, but you need to enable the macro feature to do so. Here's how to enable (and disable) macros.

If Excel is open, close it. Open a few Excel workbooks and from any open workbook, click the Developer tab and then click Macros in the Macros group.