<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>FAQ/excmac</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2013-03-08 10:17:37</date><authorinitials>localhost</authorinitials><revremark>converted to 1.6 markup</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2011-01-21 10:26:07</date><authorinitials>PeterWatson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2011-01-21 10:24:16</date><authorinitials>PeterWatson</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2011-01-21 10:23:46</date><authorinitials>PeterWatson</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Why do I get a NAME? appearing in cells when I try to run an EXCEL spreadsheet program?</title><para>Upon first using a new version of EXCEL you may get a NAME? appearing in ceertain cells (e.g. computing p-values for one of the spreadsheets handling multiple comparisons). This is most likely caused by EXCEL having a security setting which bars it from using the in-built macros which are used to compute the statistics of interest in these cells.  </para><para>If this is the case you need to change the macros security setting within EXCEL (unless a system administrator in your organization has changed the default settings to prevent you from changing the settings). This setting is retained on successive visits to EXCEL so only needs to be done once. </para><para>To do this using <emphasis role="underline">EXCEL 2007</emphasis> </para><orderedlist numeration="arabic"><listitem><para>On the <emphasis role="strong">Developer</emphasis> tab, in the <emphasis role="strong">Code</emphasis> group, click <emphasis role="strong">Macro Security</emphasis>.  </para></listitem></orderedlist><para>(Tip   If the <emphasis role="strong">Developer</emphasis> tab is not displayed, click the <emphasis role="strong">Microsoft Office</emphasis> Button , click <emphasis role="strong">Excel Options</emphasis>, and then in the <emphasis role="strong">Popular</emphasis> category, under <emphasis role="strong">Top options for working with Excel</emphasis>, click <emphasis role="strong">Show Developer</emphasis> tab in the Ribbon). </para><orderedlist numeration="arabic"><listitem><para>In the <emphasis role="strong">Macro Settings</emphasis> category, under <emphasis role="strong">Macro Settings</emphasis>, click <emphasis role="strong">Enable all macros</emphasis>.  </para></listitem></orderedlist><para>(This can also be done similarly using older versions of EXCEL. Press the F1 button and look up 'macro security settings' for further details). </para></section></article>