Click the Office button, choose PowerPoint Options > Popular and enable the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon checkbox and click OK. The Developer tab provides access to the ActiveX controls central to ...

With Office 2024, ActiveX controls in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio will be turned off by default, and users will not receive any warnings.

A group of security experts publishes a report filled with tips on how individuals and organizations can reduce security risks in Microsoft's Internet Explorer when using ActiveX controls.

However, any web-based documents should use the newer controls and not ActiveX. Internet Explorer will probably be retired in 2022, and currently, Edge doesn’t support ActiveX.

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. If you're tired of monthly fees and want a more ...

Microsoft, CISA urge use of mitigations and workarounds for Office document vulnerability Microsoft said disabling the installation of all ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer mitigates the attack.