After Office 2024 launches in October, Microsoft will disable ActiveX controls by default in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio client apps. ActiveX is a legacy software framework introduced in 1996 ...

Follow the steps below to change the color of the ActiveX Control buttons in Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint. We are using Word as an example, but the procedure is identical.: Launch Microsoft ...

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. Introduced almost three decades ago, in 1996, ...

KB 3008923 crashes IE, KB 3002339 still hanging on install, KB 2986475 still pulled -- but there's a small silver lining Overnight, Microsoft pulled two high-profile screwed-up patches: KB 3011970 and ...

Microsoft Office has supported ActiveX for years as an option for extending and automating documents, but it has also been a significant security vulnerability. Microsoft is finally starting to turn ...

Microsoft Office 2024, the latest version of the company's productivity apps, will be released later this year. In addition to new features, the suite will include various changes, improvements, and ...

A check box may be integral to an Excel form, but you should still be able to edit it. However, if you've inherited a form from a co-worker or another source, removing a form field or even moving it ...

When the Design Mode button in Excel’s Developer tab is greyed out, it’s usually because the feature has nothing to act upon or needs a simple action to activate it. However, there are other reasons, ...

TestPoint 5.0, a development software package for test and measurement, adds ActiveX controls for building graphical user interfaces. Version 5.0 adds knobs, switches, buttons, sliders, “LED” ...

I am writing an app that exports data to excel. It reads existing text files and parses them into columns , which is then made into a CSV file and using an activeX interface, loaded into Excel and ...

Microsoft Excel lets you add two types of buttons to a worksheet: option buttons and toggle buttons. Option buttons, also referred to as radio buttons, let you choose one item from a list. Toggle ...