Enabling Macros

QuickBOM is just an excel file with Macros in it. When you first download it, Microsoft will flag it as a “potentially dangerous macro” and it will block it.

Microsoft does this for all excel files with Macros. Follow these steps to resolve this issue:

  1. Close the QuickBOM file.

  2. In File Explorer, browser to the location where the QuickBOM file is saved.

  3. Right-click the file, and select Properties from the context menu.

  4. In the Properties dialog box, check the Unblock box, and then click OK.