Document Protection disables too much!? Help!

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khalid - 13 Apr 2006 18:14 GMT

I am using the document protection method to programtically lock my document
and force the user to use specific styles. Below are the options I am
setting:

- "No Changes (Read Only)" option. And then giving everyone rights to
freely edit specific regions (xml nodes).
-Within "formatting restrictions" all styles are selected.

Here is my dilemma: Once the document is protected at this level, a lot of
functionality are disabled including : track revisions features, italics,
bold, table properties, table cell alignment, table borders.

Is there a way that I can programtically enable the above mentioned
features which are now disabled? (The toolbar menu disables each of these,
ideally I'd like to override that option and re-enable each of the above
toolbar menu options)

Or is the only way to do this by effectively recreating these
functionalites through maybe the document action pane of a smart document?

Thank you very much in advance!!!

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 20 Apr 2006 14:02 GMT

Hi =?Utf-8?B?a2hhbGlk?=,

> I am using the document protection method to programtically lock my document
> and force the user to use specific styles. Below are the options I am
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> bold, table properties, table cell alignment, table borders.
>

Do you have a reason for activating "formatting restrictions"? That's what's
locking out the bold and italics. But if you're enabling all the styles, why
bother with activating this?

I also think you'll find that, if you select the portions of the document
people are allowed to change (such as the table), then the table properties,
cell alignment, etc. will be available.

If you're limiting people to only the lowest level XML nodes, and these are
within the table cells, then you will, indeed, need to provide the desired
functionality in the form of macro code. The macro would need to turn off
protection (Unprotect), carry out the desired actions, then reprotect.

> Is there a way that I can programtically enable the above mentioned
> features which are now disabled? (The toolbar menu disables each of these,
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> Or is the only way to do this by effectively recreating these
> functionalites through maybe the document action pane of a smart document?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Word Heretic - 27 Apr 2006 12:02 GMT

G'day khalid <khalid@discussions.microsoft.com>,

Italics, bold - they are styles that can be added (emphasis and
strong)

Pass on the others, haven't played with it yet.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice

khalid reckoned:

>I am using the document protection method to programtically lock my document
>and force the user to use specific styles. Below are the options I am
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>
>Thank you very much in advance!!!

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