See what the Trust Center is and how to use it for security and privacy settings.
Trusted documents are files that have been marked as trusted by enabling active content in them. Active content (macros, ActiveX controls, data connections, and so on) opens without the Message Bar warning after you mark the file as trusted.
A trusted location in Microsoft Office is a folder that contains files you trust to be safe. You should use a trusted location to store a file when you don't want that file to be checked by the Trust Center, or if you don't want it to open in Protected View.
When you make your computer a trusted device, you won't need to enter a security code each time you try to access sensitive info, like credit card information associated with your Microsoft account.
See how to work with ActiveX controls in your files, changing their settings, and how to enable or disable them by using the Message Bar and the Trust Center. You can also learn more about ActiveX controls and how they improve your files.
In Excel, you can change the macro security settings to control which macros run and under what circumstances when you open a workbook. For example, you might allow macros to run based on whether they are digitally signed by a trusted developer. For more information about macro security settings in Microsoft Office documents, see Enable or disable macros in Office files.
This article contains an overview of how trust works in Access and what factors you should consider when you decide whether to trust an Access desktop database.