[Stefan Blom]

I'm guessing you're referring to the "Highlight the regions I can edit"
option in the Protect Document task pane? As far as I know, that option
cannot be turned off permanently.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"StonyCreeker" wrote in message
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I have a protected document that has a few editable cells in a table. When
I
open the file, those fields are highlighted. I know how to turn them off
after opening the file but how can I have highlighting be off
automatically
when I open the document?

I'm using Word 2003 and I keep the file read only so I don't mistakenly
save
over the blank one.