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Half read-only, half form
I know you can have one section that is a protected form, and the rest of the
document is unprotected. Is there any way to have one section a protected form and the rest of the document read-only? I would protect the entire document as fill-in form, but I want users to be able to select the non-form section - just not edit it. |
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Half read-only, half form
"Read-only" and "Filling in forms" are mutually exclusive options as you
protect a Word document, so I doubt this can be done. Why do you want users to copy text in the form? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "S. Wheeler" wrote: I know you can have one section that is a protected form, and the rest of the document is unprotected. Is there any way to have one section a protected form and the rest of the document read-only? I would protect the entire document as fill-in form, but I want users to be able to select the non-form section - just not edit it. |
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Half read-only, half form
Not text in the form, per se, as text elsewhere in the document. There are
addresses and other instructions that users may want to copy and paste for usage. To clarify, it's an instructional document, and the last page is a fill-in form. I'd like users to be able to fill in the form for their own use and printing, but not to change text in the rest of the document - while retaining the ability to copy and paste addresses and instructions. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Read-only" and "Filling in forms" are mutually exclusive options as you protect a Word document, so I doubt this can be done. Why do you want users to copy text in the form? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "S. Wheeler" wrote: I know you can have one section that is a protected form, and the rest of the document is unprotected. Is there any way to have one section a protected form and the rest of the document read-only? I would protect the entire document as fill-in form, but I want users to be able to select the non-form section - just not edit it. |
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I guess this could be done via a macro that temporarily unprotects the
document. For the details, however, you'd better ask in a programming newsgroup, such as microsoft.public.word.vba.general. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "S. Wheeler" wrote in message ... Not text in the form, per se, as text elsewhere in the document. There are addresses and other instructions that users may want to copy and paste for usage. To clarify, it's an instructional document, and the last page is a fill-in form. I'd like users to be able to fill in the form for their own use and printing, but not to change text in the rest of the document - while retaining the ability to copy and paste addresses and instructions. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Read-only" and "Filling in forms" are mutually exclusive options as you protect a Word document, so I doubt this can be done. Why do you want users to copy text in the form? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "S. Wheeler" wrote: I know you can have one section that is a protected form, and the rest of the document is unprotected. Is there any way to have one section a protected form and the rest of the document read-only? I would protect the entire document as fill-in form, but I want users to be able to select the non-form section - just not edit it. |
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Half read-only, half form
You could also use the Track Changes function, so that even if they do modify
the document, you will have visibility as to what they have done. Depends on the level of control you require. -- TommyB "Stefan Blom" wrote: I guess this could be done via a macro that temporarily unprotects the document. For the details, however, you'd better ask in a programming newsgroup, such as microsoft.public.word.vba.general. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "S. Wheeler" wrote in message ... Not text in the form, per se, as text elsewhere in the document. There are addresses and other instructions that users may want to copy and paste for usage. To clarify, it's an instructional document, and the last page is a fill-in form. I'd like users to be able to fill in the form for their own use and printing, but not to change text in the rest of the document - while retaining the ability to copy and paste addresses and instructions. "Stefan Blom" wrote: "Read-only" and "Filling in forms" are mutually exclusive options as you protect a Word document, so I doubt this can be done. Why do you want users to copy text in the form? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "S. Wheeler" wrote: I know you can have one section that is a protected form, and the rest of the document is unprotected. Is there any way to have one section a protected form and the rest of the document read-only? I would protect the entire document as fill-in form, but I want users to be able to select the non-form section - just not edit it. |
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