Enable macros in word for mac?

I've been trying to open a form for school which is a word template and requires "enabling macros", but I can't figure out where to do that in my new macbook - any help greatly appreciated.

Narfaz wrote:
Is there an add-on, download, or work-around that will enable me to create macros in MS Word for Mac 2008, please?
If there is such a thing, the place to ask about it is probably
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macword
instead of here.

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