Feeling a bit uncertain about things? Never fear, kind old Microsoft has made Safe Documents generally available (assuming you're a Microsoft 365 E5 subscriber).
Aimed at enterprise users, the feature improves on the Protected View with which users of Office apps are all too familiar. Protected View is supposed to keep users safe by opening documents in read-only mode, thereby ensuring that any nasties lurking within cannot wreak havoc by leaping out of the sandbox and into a user's setup.
Protected View tends to be triggered when a document comes from somewhere unsafe, such as the internet or from an untrustworthy email sender. It is, in theory, a good thing. However, it can also be a bit of a pain, and all too many users eagerly take the option to ..
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