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Choosing security settings for importing data

Choosing security settings for importing data - Microsoft Project Tutorial

From the course: Advanced Microsoft Project

Choosing security settings for importing data

- [Instructor] Importing data from other data sources is lightning fast, as long as you don't accidentally corrupt your files with malware. In Project, you can choose the level of security you're comfortable with, from lockdown tight to anything goes. Let's look at the steps to access Project security settings and choose the one you want. So we're going to go to the File tab, and then click Options over on the left. In the Project Options dialogue box, go down to the bottom of the bar on the left and click Trust Center. Then click the Trust Center Settings button. You want to go to the Legacy Formats category. The default option is the first one, "Do not open or save files with legacy or non-default file formats in Project." This won't open older Project formats or non-default file formats, which means formats not in Project's list of file types. With this setting, if you try to open or import an older file format…

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