Remove Warning to hyperlinked pdf in Office 4 Mac

[bjibbs]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I liked to use a lot of hyperlinks at work to keep my documents organized and keep all the "references" to materials close at hand.

I have a word document that I created in the mac version of word (at work I've always used the Microsoft Widows OS) but it seems that I'm getting a new error:

"Opening file../.../....pdf

Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. It is important to be certain this file is from a trustworthy source.

Would you like to open the file?

Cancel (button) Yes (button"

I can find online a way to disable this in the Windows OS but there are no clear instructions for the MAC. I assume this is a windows error that is being generated on the mac through the product? but don't even know if this is an error at the OS level or the program level?

MOSTLY --> I JUST WANT TO GET RID OF THIS ERROR MESSAGE! I made the pdf file myself (I TRUST myself to not write a virus -- at least not for my OWN computer).

Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated, especially as it pertains to removing this error on a MAC (OS-X)

 

[John McGhie]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

I liked to use a lot of hyperlinks at work to keep my documents organized and
keep all the "references" to materials close at hand.

I have a word document that I created in the mac version of word (at work I've
always used the Microsoft Widows OS) but it seems that I'm getting a new
error:

"Opening file../.../....pdf

Some files can contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your computer. It is
important to be certain this file is from a trustworthy source.

Would you like to open the file?

Cancel (button) Yes (button"

I can find online a way to disable this in the Windows OS but there are no
clear instructions for the MAC. I assume this is a windows error that is being
generated on the mac through the product? but don't even know if this is an
error at the OS level or the program level?

MOSTLY --> I JUST WANT TO GET RID OF THIS ERROR MESSAGE! I made the pdf file
myself (I TRUST myself to not write a virus -- at least not for my OWN
computer).

Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated, especially as it pertains to
removing this error on a MAC (OS-X)

No, it's not a "Windows" error message, it is a "Mac Office" error message.

Malware Exploits have been found hiding in PDFs, so now Mac Office warns
about opening PDFs.

It's Microsoft's attempt to make Mac OS X appear to be as bad as Vista

See if this helps:
https://www.microsoft.com/mac/itpros/default.mspx?CTT=PageView&app=ag&target
=bf0766c8-026a-46cd-9a2a-631a01bdabbf1033

I am afraid I don't have time to read it all right now...

Cheers

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matters unless you intend to pay!

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[CyberTaz]

It would appear that John is on target here. The message is a relatively new
development as a result of concern for security issues. That aspect has been
built into the MS products for Mac but we don't [yet] have the Trust
Center/Trusted Sources facilities of the Windows products.

 

[bjibbs]

Thanks guys,

Still not sure what this all means, and I've not been able to get rid of the message - if you have more time to suggest anything I'd appreciate it but recognize that it's kind of out of the scope of this board.

Thanks for the help.

Brad