What you are describing is a protected form. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

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> Is there a way to proctect/lock several cells of a table, yet not the entire
> document. I have created a document with cells that text can be entered into
> and cells that I do not want modified.