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Pradeep - 21 Aug 2006 08:49 GMT

I recd. a word file, which was non editable or I can't edit this file anyway.
I liked this.

Is there any method so I can make word document non editable, I think this
is possible with macro. If this is possible with macro, please guide thru
macro.

Thanks in advance.

Pradeep

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Cindy M. - 21 Aug 2006 10:45 GMT

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

> I recd. a word file, which was non editable or I can't edit this file anyway.
> I liked this.
>
> Is there any method so I can make word document non editable, I think this
> is possible with macro. If this is possible with macro, please guide thru
> macro.

Which version of Word do you have, and in which version of Word was this
document created?

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Jean-Guy Marcil - 21 Aug 2006 15:33 GMT

Pradeep was telling us:
Pradeep nous racontait que :

> I recd. a word file, which was non editable or I can't edit this file
> anyway. I liked this.
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>
> Pradeep

Sawatdee?

Most likely it was protected for forms, but there are no formfields in the
document.

Create a dummy document, then use Tools > Protect Document... (The exact
procedure after that depends on your Word version, but basically, you
activate the protection for forms). Then you will see that you cannot make
any changes to the document.

Just be aware that this is very easy to circumvent, so do not rely on this
as a real protection. For that, the best is Adobe Acrobat. But even then,
any determined user will eventually find a way to make it editable.

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