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, ...

China has mastered the craft of policing the internet, operating one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes. With mandatory identity checks on every online platform, ...

Microsoft has announced that starting later this month, ActiveX controls will be disabled by default in all Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 apps—including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ...

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, ...

Managing data can feel overwhelming, especially when errors creep in or processes take longer than they should. Whether you’re tracking employee details, compiling reports, or analyzing trends, the ...

Designing visually appealing and functional Excel forms and interfaces more accessible than you might think. By integrating Excel’s robust features with PowerPoint’s “Merge Shapes” tool and the power ...

Microsoft Is Disabling Default ActiveX Controls in Office 2024 to Improve Security Your email has been sent Microsoft has been on the warpath against legacy Office features that are providing entry ...

In context: Microsoft introduced ActiveX in 1996 during Windows 95 days. So, in technological terms, it's ancient. Redmond designed it as a developer framework, allowing users to embed interactive ...

While the Windows Forms Designer is optimized to host Windows Forms controls, you can also put ActiveX controls on Windows Forms. Before you add ActiveX controls to your form, you must add them to the ...

ActiveX controls are COM components or objects you can insert into a Web page or other application to reuse packaged functionality someone else has programmed. You ...