1. create a new word document
2. create a new table in that document
3. into one of the cells of that table insert a field,
click the formula button and replace the = with "DDE
NOSERVER Data Test|Test" and click OK

you will get a message box:
"The remote data is not accessable. Do you want to start
the application NOSERVER"
choose no, you will then get an error message
"Word cannot obtain data from NOSERVER"

4. create a new style, change nothing but based on from
Normal to none and apply that style to the cell with the
dde formula (hard to see with no value but)
5. right click on cell and choose "Update" or "interact"
with it in other ways

The document now no longer responds to the mouse, no
context menus, no selecting...

anyone know of a solution besides basing all your styles on
"Normal" instead of ""

Thanks.