Sunday, January 29, 2017

View, manage, and install add-ins in Office programs

View, manage, and install add-ins in Office programs

When you enable an add-in, it adds custom commands and new features to Office programs that help increase your productivity. Because add-ins can be used by hackers to do malicious harm to your computer, you can use add-in security settings to change their behavior.

Click a heading below for more information.

You can click Enable Content on the Message Bar if you know the add-in is from a reliable source.

Message Bar with Some active content has been disabled message

You can see and change add-in settings in the Trust Center, descriptions of which are in the following section. Add-in security settings may have been determined by your organization so not all options may be available to change.

  1. Click File > Options.

  2. Click Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Add-ins.

  3. Check or uncheck the boxes you want.

Add-Ins area of Trust Center

  • Require Application Add-ins to be signed by Trusted Publisher     Check this box to have the Trust Center check that the add-in uses a publisher's trusted signature. If the publisher's signature hasn't been trusted, the Office program doesn't load the add-in, and the Trust Bar displays a notification that the add-in has been disabled.

  • Disable notification for unsigned add-ins (code will remain disabled)     When you check the Require Application Extensions to be signed by Trusted Publisher box, this option is no longer grayed out. Add-ins signed by a trusted publisher are enabled, but unsigned add-ins are disabled.

  • Disable all Application Add-ins (may impair functionality)     Check this box if you don't trust any add-ins. All add-ins are disabled without any notification, and the other add-in boxes are grayed out.

Note: This setting takes effect after you exit and restart your Office program.

While working with add-ins, you may need to learn more about digital signatures and certificates, which authenticate an add-in, and trusted publishers, the software developers who often create add-ins.

  1. Click File > Options > Add-Ins.

  2. Highlight each add-in to see the add-in name, its publisher, compatibility, it's location on your computer, and a description of its functions.

View Add-Ins area of Trust Center

Note: If your add-in has been blocked by Data Execution Prevention (DEP), you can learn more about DEP in Why is my add-in crashing?

  • Active Application Add-ins     Add-ins registered and currently running in your Office program.

  • Inactive Application Add-ins     These are present on your computer but not currently loaded. For example, XML schemas are active when the document that refers to them is open. Another example is the COM add-in: if a COM add-in is selected, the add-in is active. If the check box is cleared, the add-in is inactive.

  • Document Related Add-ins     Template files referred to by open documents.

  • Disabled Application Add-ins     These add-ins are automatically disabled because they are causing Office programs to crash.

  • Add-in     The title of the add-in.

  • Publisher     The software developer or organization responsible for creating the add-in.

  • Compatibility     Look here for any compatibility issues.

  • Location     This file path indicates where the add-in is installed on your computer.

  • Description This text explains the add-in function.

Note: Microsoft Outlook has one add-in option in the Trust Center: Apply macro security settings to installed add-ins. InfoPath has no security settings for add-ins.

Use the following instruction to manage and install add-ins.

  1. Click File > Options > Add-Ins.

  2. Select an add-in type.

  3. Click Go.

  4. Select the add-ins to add, remove, load, or upload. Or browse to locate add-ins to install.

If you've subscribed to an add-in through the Office Store that you don't want to continue, you can cancel that subscription

  1. Open the Office application and go to the Insert tab of the ribbon.

  2. In the Add-ins group click My Add-ins

    On the Insert tab of the Ribbon you'll find the Add-ins group for managing Excel add-ins

  3. Choose Manage My Add-ins

    The Office add-ins dialog lists the add-ins you have installed. Click Manage my Add-ins to manage them.

  4. Click the app you want to cancel and under Action click Manage Subscription.

  5. Under the Payment and Billing section choose Cancel Subscription.

  6. Click OK and then Continue.

Once that's complete you should see a message that says "You have cancelled your app subscription" in the comments field of your apps list.

Some add-ins might not be compatible with your organization's IT department policies. If that is the case with add-ins recently installed in your Office program, Data Execution Prevention (DEP) will disable the add-in and the program might crash.

Learn more about DEP

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