To enable or disable Office add-ins in Word 2010

Office add-ins are modules that Office programs need to load automatically when they start a program in order to perform a function, such as calligraphy copybook function, manuscript function, making envelope function, and so on. Users can enable or disable Office add-ins to improve the efficiency of Office programs, depending on their work needs.

To enable or disable Office add-ins in Word 2010, the following steps are described:

Step 1th, open the Word 2010 document window, and click the file → options button, as shown in Figure 2012030301.

Figure 2012030301 Click the Options button

Step 2nd, open the Word Options dialog box and switch to the Add-ins tab. In the Add-ins list, locate the add-in that you want to enable or disable, and record the type of the add-in (for example, the type "Microsoft Word for the wizard add-in" is "com add-in"), and then click the Manage Drop-down triangle button, as shown in Figure 2012030302.

Figure 2012030302 Click the Manage Drop-down triangle button

Step 3rd, select the appropriate add-in type (for example, select COM add-in) in the Manage Drop-down list, and click the Go button, as shown in Figure 2012030303.

Figure 2012030303 Click the Go button

Step 4th, open the COM Add-Ins dialog box, select or cancel the add-in check box that you want to enable or disable in the Available Add-ins list, and click OK, as shown in Figure 2012030304.

Figure 2012030304 The COM Add-ins dialog box

The Office add-in that is selected in the COM Add-Ins dialog box is displayed in the Add-ins list in the Word Options dialog box, enabling the add-in. The unselected office add-in is not displayed in the Add-ins list, which disables the add-in.