Microsoft Says Its Plan to Stop Blocking Macros by Default Is Only Temporary

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Microsoft is still planning to block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default in Office apps despite its announcement last week that it would not block these macros in downloaded documents by default.

The software giant said the plan to not block macros by default was just a temporary one. “Following user feedback, we have rolled back this change temporarily while we make some additional changes to enhance usability,” explains Kellie Eickmeyer, principal product manager at Microsoft, in a blog post update. “This is a temporary change, and we are fully committed to making the default change for all users.” Microsoft hasn’t detailed the changes it plans to make to improve usability, but the company had initially planned to force Office users to enable the macros by specifically ticking an unblock option in th…