Given the number of questions in the newsgroup from people trying to
protect their intellectual property from being copied [answer: it
can't be done effectively in Word unless you subscribe to Microsoft's
IRM service], I think Jezebel could be forgiven for assuming your
mention of a "trial period lock out code" referred to that. I thought
the same thing.

If you write macros in your template and give them the specific names
that intercept the built-in commands
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/InterceptSavePrint.htm), each
one can compare the system date (the result of the function Now()) to
some predetermined "expiration date" (which you can store in a
document variable or a .txt file or in the registry during
installation); if the system date is later, display a messagebox.
Either way, then call the built-in function that was intercepted.

The code project in the template can be password protected, so the
code can't be viewed. The only ways the message could be avoided are
to remove the template from the system or disable all macros. If you
meant something else by the reference to a password, please explain.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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