To turn off Word's protected view, you can do it as follows: 1. Open Word → File → Options → Trust Center → Trust Center Settings → Uncheck "Enable protected view for files from the Internet" and "Enable protected view for Outlook attachments"; 2. Add commonly used and trusted folders to "Trusted Locations" and choose to trust its subfolders at the same time; 3. For a single document, you can manually exit the protected view by clicking the "Enable Edit" button in the yellow warning bar at the top when it is opened. The above methods can be selected and used according to actual needs. While improving editing convenience, you should also pay attention to the security of the document source.

It's really annoying if you are always blocked by a "protected view" when opening a Word document, which makes it impossible to edit content directly. This feature is intended to prevent malicious files from running, but you can completely turn it off if you confirm that the document is safe.

Here are a few common ways to disable Protected View:

Close documents from the network and automatically enter protected view

Sometimes when you open a document downloaded from the Internet locally, Word will still treat it as a "from the network" file, thus forcing the protected view. You can prevent this by:

• Open Word → File → Options → Trust Center
• Click "Trust Center Settings"
• In the Protected Views page, uncheck Enable protected views for files from the Internet
• You can also uncheck "Enable protected views for Outlook attachments"

After this operation, even if the document is downloaded from the network, it will no longer be opened in the protected view by default.

Add specific folders to trust locations to avoid triggering protected views

If you often open documents from a folder and these documents are trusted sources, you can set the folder to a "Trust Location". This way Word will consider these documents to be safe and will not enter protected views.

The operation steps are as follows:

• Open Word → File → Options → Trust Center
• Click "Trust Center Settings" → "Trust Locations"
• Click "Add New Location"
• Browse and select the folder you want to add
• Check "Trust subfolders in this location at the same time" (if required)

Note: Added trust locations do not contain folders from temporary or unknown sources, otherwise security risks may pose.

Quickly and manually exit protected view (for individual documents)

If you just occasionally encounter protected view and don't want to close it completely, you can also manually exit each time:

• Once you open the document, you will see a yellow warning board at the top that says "Protected View"
• Click the "Enable Edit" button to exit the protected view and edit the document normally

This method is suitable for enabling editing permissions only when necessary, retaining system security.

Basically these are the methods. You can choose whether to completely close the protected view, or just adjust the trust range partially according to your usage habits. Although turning off this feature can improve the user experience, remember to ensure the security of the document source, otherwise it may bring risks.

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