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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / December 2004how can I view a word document and stop edit or print
I need to be able to call up a word document for users to view but must not be able to chage or print it. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks Gary was telling us: Gary nous racontait que : > I need to be able to call up a word document for users to view but > must not be able to chage or print it. > > Is there an easy way to do this? Easy? No. Possible? Yes. Practical? No (Any Word method is easily defeated, even by totally inexperienced users, Word was not designed for this kind of protection...) Must be done at all costs? Use Acrobat Writer with its password protection against editing and printing. Will it really prevent Printing? Not for advanced users...  SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org > Gary was telling us: > Gary nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Will it really prevent Printing? > Not for advanced users... Merci Much as I expected, but I am under pressure to come up with a solution, I think I can live with the print option as long as they can't change it. I'd rather not use acrobat writer if possible as then I'd need to deploy it on every pc, and pay for it! Perhaps there's another solution out there somewhere ..... Cheers Gary >Much as I expected, but I am under pressure to come up with a solution, I >think I can live with the print option as long as they can't change it. I'd >rather not use acrobat writer if possible as then I'd need to deploy it on >every pc, and pay for it! > >Perhaps there's another solution out there somewhere ..... you could make the document read-only but everybody can use Save-As If you expect an answer to a personal mail, add the word "manfred" to the first 10 lines in the message MW Gary was telling us: Gary nous racontait que : > Much as I expected, but I am under pressure to come up with a > solution, I think I can live with the print option as long as they > can't change it. I'd rather not use acrobat writer if possible as What option? Who cannot change what? > then I'd need to deploy it on every pc, and pay for it! > > Perhaps there's another solution out there somewhere ..... Acrobat Reader is free, most computer already have it installed. You would only need to pay for Acrobat Writer once for you to generate the PDF documents. The problem with Word is that to prevent printing you have to go through macros, and if anybody sets its security to high, all macros are disabled automatically without warning. Even if the user wants to follow your restrictions, he/she will not be aware that there were restrictions in the first place. For editing, just use a password when you save the document (not a form password, those are ridiculously easy to bypass). The password with the save option can be bypassed as well, but are more difficult and you often need time, especially if you choose a complicated password (mixing exotic characters, lower/upper case characters, digits, etc...). SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org |
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