We are running Word 2003 under Windows XP.  Under Word 97, I created forms
templates that had instructional comments.  When we upgraded to Word 2003,
everyone HATED how the comments were always displayed as those margin
balloons.  So I modified the templates to remove the instructions.

Problem is when people work on old documents.  I am creating a toolbar to
add to the template for people to do functions that they've never learned the
right way to do.  I'd like to have a button for removing all the comments.  
But you can't remove the comments without unprotecting the form.  I don't
know VBA yet and am trying to record a macro that will first turn off the
protection, then remove all the comments and turn the protection right back
on.  Can't record a macro this way because you can't record the macro if
protection is turned on.  Can't back into it either and edit the macro
because if protection is turned off and I turn on as first step of macro, it
kills the record.

Is there some way I can accomplish this?

Thanks for your advice.

Ann