How do I enable macros?

[Macro-less in Florida]

I am trying to make a document that I can reuse to write screenplays. I used
macros to set margins and all that good stuff that I need to do. I saved the
macros. I closed the document and Word after saving the document.

When I reopened my document at a later time and tried to use my macros, Word
gave me a message saying "Macros have been disabled. please refer to online
help or whatever, blah blah blah." I'm sure somebody has seen this message.
I looked online for any help with this, and none was found. I tried
everything I could think of, including changing my security options. Nothing
is working.

Anybody know how to use macros after this point? How do I enable them???
Please help! I don't want to have to set these macros every time I open
Word, and I especially don't want to leave the file open and my computer on
until every screenplay is finished. That's a little ridiculous. Thanks for
any help in advance.

 

[Tony Jollans]

Go to Tools > Macros > Security and choose an appropriate setting, probably
Medium. You will need to close Word and reopen it before it takes effect.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Tony has answered your specific question, but I will answer the question you
didn't ask. Macros are not the correct way to do what you want. "To set
margins and all that good stuff," you should create a template with the
desired margins and layout and define paragraph styles for the paragraph
formatting you need.