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'''XLSM''' is the variant of [[XLSX]] (the Microsoft Excel format used starting with Office 2007) which allows the use of macros. This poses a greater security risk than normal non-macro spreadsheet files, because macros are a form of computer program which can do actions automatically, possibly malicious ones, which is why a distinct extension is used to distinguish documents which may have macros in them from ones that don't.
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'''XLSM''' is the variant of [[XLSX]] (the [[Microsoft Excel]] format used starting with [[Microsoft Office|Office]] 2007) which allows the use of macros. This poses a greater security risk than normal non-macro spreadsheet files, because macros are a form of computer program which can do actions automatically, possibly malicious ones, which is why a distinct extension is used to distinguish documents which may have macros in them from ones that don't.
  
 
Macros are created in [[Visual Basic]] for Applications (VBA).
 
Macros are created in [[Visual Basic]] for Applications (VBA).
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Revision as of 19:06, 24 August 2016

File Format
Name XLSM
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Extension(s) .xlsm

XLSM is the variant of XLSX (the Microsoft Excel format used starting with Office 2007) which allows the use of macros. This poses a greater security risk than normal non-macro spreadsheet files, because macros are a form of computer program which can do actions automatically, possibly malicious ones, which is why a distinct extension is used to distinguish documents which may have macros in them from ones that don't.

Macros are created in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

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