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MS Office Forum / Word / Document Management / March 2008Any way to lock specific part of document?
Hello... I am wondering if there is any way to lock a specific part of a document? In other words, If I wanted to create a public document for everyone to use, is there anyway to lock certain parts of this document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest of the document for entering? A protected form can have unprotected sections. You'll need to insert section breaks to separate the protected and unprotected portions. For more, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Hello... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest > of the document for entering? I have a different question on this same issue. I just got a call from a user who is working with a document that has protected fields. The person who protected the fields no longer works here, and none of the current employees know the password required to unlock those fields. My guess is that they are out of luck. Nonetheless, I will pose the question here in order to have my guess either confirmed or proven wrong. Is there a way to remove the password from protected fields when the current password is unknown? --Tom >A protected form can have unprotected sections. You'll need to insert >section breaks to separate the protected and unprotected portions. For [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest >> of the document for entering? Forms protection is easily dealt with. Just insert the protected form into a new blank document. The protection will be removed. Note that the above does *not* apply to documents that have been password protected with a password to open. In such cases the entire document is encrypted, and if you don't know the password you're pretty much just out of luck. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA >I have a different question on this same issue. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>> document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest >>> of the document for entering? Interesting. I had the user attempt to copy the form to another document, be he reported that he is unable to select any text in the document. So, maybe the entire text of the document has been protected? --Tom > Forms protection is easily dealt with. Just insert the protected form into > a new blank document. The protection will be removed. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>>> document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest >>>> of the document for entering? To insert the form into a new document, create a new document and use Insert | File. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Interesting. I had the user attempt to copy the form to another document, > be he reported that he is unable to select any text in the document. So, [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>>>> document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest >>>>> of the document for entering? Ahh! You meant "insert" as in literally insert! Well why didn't you say so? Oh, wait a minute, you did. ;-) I had the user do the Insert | File and it worked. Thanks for the help! --Tom > To insert the form into a new document, create a new document and use > Insert | File. [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >>>>>> document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest >>>>>> of the document for entering? Yeah, sorry about that. I should be more specific. <g> SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Ahh! You meant "insert" as in literally insert! Well why didn't you say > so? Oh, wait a minute, you did. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >>>>>>> document so other users cannot enter information, and leave the rest >>>>>>> of the document for entering? |
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