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Protect Sections for forms

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SueK - 11 Aug 2004 21:31 GMT
All previous versions of Word allowed Document Protection
in specified sections of the document (protect section for
forms), leaving the unprotected sections available for
editing by the user.  Word 2003 seems to have eliminated
this feature(!) or I'm not finding the workaround.  

I have forms with form fields in certain areas (check-
boxes mainly), but I need to allow the user (actually
another application) to edit the other sections of the
form.

Forms created in previous versions of Word work fine, I
just cannot create new ones in the 2003 version.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Jay Freedman - 12 Aug 2004 00:55 GMT
Hi Sue,

The feature is still there, it just looks a little different.

Select Tools > Protect Document or otherwise display the Protect
Document task pane. Check the box for "allow only this type of
editing" and select "Filling in forms" in the dropdown. Then (assuming
the document already contains at least one section break) a blue link
"Select sections" will appear below the dropdown, and clicking it gets
you the old section selection dialog.

If you don't like this, you can get the entire old Protect Document
behavior back. Open the Tools > Customize dialog. Click "All commands"
in the categories list. Scroll the commands list to find
ToolsProtectUnprotectDocument and drag it to either a toolbar or the
Tools menu. Right-click it and change its name if you want. (You can
drag off the one that's already on the menu, which has the same
display name, to avoid confusion.) You'll still have to use the task
pane if you want to play with the new non-forms protection mode.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman              http://aspnet2.com/mvp.ashx?JayFreedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

>All previous versions of Word allowed Document Protection
>in specified sections of the document (protect section for
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>Thanks!
J Crowley - 12 Aug 2004 13:21 GMT
Thank you Jay I had the eaxct same issue as Sue on the
same day ironic......
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>Hi Sue,
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