*.docm CANNOT USE MACROS IN WORD 2010

Hello everyone
This is my first post in this community, so if there's anything that is not correct admins please feel free to move the post to where it should be :)
So I work at an office and there are a lot of users. There is a department in the office which works on files with macros (usually with word, forms with check, radio, text boxes)
The thing is that when all of the users in the dept. can edit the file and select the buttons, only ONE user cannot use the file. All the macros are disabled or not working...
Usually when working on a macro document, Word should pop up a security notification and a "Enable content" button, but it's not coming up when opening it from the computer in question.
Can I have assistance on this? Thanks in advance :)

Hi,
Did you check the options in Word on this particular computer? It could be that on this pc the
message bar has been disabled.
So have a look at the following settings:
File - Options - Trust
Center - Trust Center Settings
On the next dialog check the settings on [Macro Settings] and on [Message Bar]Compare those settings with a machine where the macro document is working.
Maurice
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