Macro+Viruses+Avoid+them+in+transmitting+documents

Macro Viruses Avoid them in transmitting documents

If you send documents by e-Mail etc. they can be vulnerable to attacks by Macro Viruses Technically, these types of files contain data structures within them where macro code can be placed, allowing macro viruses to infect them.

If you use Rich Text Format (.rft) instead of Word Document (.doc) format they can not be infected by macro viruses.

How to implement this is simple You type your document as normal in Word but when you come to Save Elect to Save As Rich Text Format files,

In the box at the bottom of the Save window there is a pull down arrow Use it to find the format Rich Text Format .rft

Similarly when transmitting Excel Workbooks do not save them in the default which is *.xls format. Select from the pull down arrow Comma Delimited Format, which is again not attacked by Macro viruses  
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