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Jack Sheet
Hi all
Someone sent me an excel workbook containing an object embedded into the
worksheet. The object concerned is a game (or rather a small puzzle).
Clicking on various images within the object cause them to behave
dynamically.
I cannot seem to "isolate" the object, as I would normally be able to do
with, say, a chart. The workbook contains no VBA modules, nor code behind
the sheets. The workbook and worksheets are unprotected, and it contains no
names nor hidden (nor veryhidden) worksheets.
If I click on the object generally it does not "select" it, ie borders do
not change appearance. If I right-click on the object it does pop up a
menu, at the bottom of which is an item described as "About Macromedia
Flashplayer 8 ..."
I am tempted to ask "what's that all about?" but I realise that would not
get much of a response, being rather vague, so I shall start with a couple
of more specific questions:
1) Is there a security risk with such objects? My normal security settings
are set to "medium", but I am not prompted with any warning not to open the
workbook.
2) Why would anyone distribute this in an Excel Workbook? Cannot such
objects be embedded into a Word file? I would have thought that more
potential recipients would have Word installed than Excel.
Thanks
Someone sent me an excel workbook containing an object embedded into the
worksheet. The object concerned is a game (or rather a small puzzle).
Clicking on various images within the object cause them to behave
dynamically.
I cannot seem to "isolate" the object, as I would normally be able to do
with, say, a chart. The workbook contains no VBA modules, nor code behind
the sheets. The workbook and worksheets are unprotected, and it contains no
names nor hidden (nor veryhidden) worksheets.
If I click on the object generally it does not "select" it, ie borders do
not change appearance. If I right-click on the object it does pop up a
menu, at the bottom of which is an item described as "About Macromedia
Flashplayer 8 ..."
I am tempted to ask "what's that all about?" but I realise that would not
get much of a response, being rather vague, so I shall start with a couple
of more specific questions:
1) Is there a security risk with such objects? My normal security settings
are set to "medium", but I am not prompted with any warning not to open the
workbook.
2) Why would anyone distribute this in an Excel Workbook? Cannot such
objects be embedded into a Word file? I would have thought that more
potential recipients would have Word installed than Excel.
Thanks