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Is it possible to write protect 1/2 a document?
A colleage of mine wants to write-protect half a word document, and let the
other half not be write protected. This is for an SOP document cotnaining standards in our company. We don't want people to change the 'standard' part of the text, but we do want to allow for specific entries to be added to the end of the document. We prefer not to use form fields if we don't have to - many rows of entries may need to be added to a table, and people are not very PC literate around here. We don't want to have up to 300 users have to know a password either. Is there a way to do this? |
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Is it possible to write protect 1/2 a document?
Add section breaks as needed and protect specific sections for forms (they
don't have to contain any form fields) and leave other sections unprotected. Be aware, however, that the forms protection on part of the document will reduce functionality in the entire document. If you have Word 2003, there are other forms of protection you can use, but if the document is opened in an earlier version, the entire document will be protected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lauren" wrote in message ... A colleage of mine wants to write-protect half a word document, and let the other half not be write protected. This is for an SOP document cotnaining standards in our company. We don't want people to change the 'standard' part of the text, but we do want to allow for specific entries to be added to the end of the document. We prefer not to use form fields if we don't have to - many rows of entries may need to be added to a table, and people are not very PC literate around here. We don't want to have up to 300 users have to know a password either. Is there a way to do this? |
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Is it possible to write protect 1/2 a document?
Thank you for the response. Is this functionality to protect sections
available in Word 2000?? That's the version we use here at work. This functionality does not seem to be available in this version. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Add section breaks as needed and protect specific sections for forms (they don't have to contain any form fields) and leave other sections unprotected. Be aware, however, that the forms protection on part of the document will reduce functionality in the entire document. If you have Word 2003, there are other forms of protection you can use, but if the document is opened in an earlier version, the entire document will be protected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lauren" wrote in message ... A colleage of mine wants to write-protect half a word document, and let the other half not be write protected. This is for an SOP document cotnaining standards in our company. We don't want people to change the 'standard' part of the text, but we do want to allow for specific entries to be added to the end of the document. We prefer not to use form fields if we don't have to - many rows of entries may need to be added to a table, and people are not very PC literate around here. We don't want to have up to 300 users have to know a password either. Is there a way to do this? |
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Is it possible to write protect 1/2 a document?
It's available in all versions AFAIK. In all versions, however, you must
have already inserted the section breaks before it is offered, and you have to use Tools | Protect Document rather than the padlock button on the Forms toolbar. Then when you choose to protect the document for forms, you'll be offered a choice of sections to protect. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lauren" wrote in message ... Thank you for the response. Is this functionality to protect sections available in Word 2000?? That's the version we use here at work. This functionality does not seem to be available in this version. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Add section breaks as needed and protect specific sections for forms (they don't have to contain any form fields) and leave other sections unprotected. Be aware, however, that the forms protection on part of the document will reduce functionality in the entire document. If you have Word 2003, there are other forms of protection you can use, but if the document is opened in an earlier version, the entire document will be protected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lauren" wrote in message ... A colleage of mine wants to write-protect half a word document, and let the other half not be write protected. This is for an SOP document cotnaining standards in our company. We don't want people to change the 'standard' part of the text, but we do want to allow for specific entries to be added to the end of the document. We prefer not to use form fields if we don't have to - many rows of entries may need to be added to a table, and people are not very PC literate around here. We don't want to have up to 300 users have to know a password either. Is there a way to do this? |
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Is it possible to write protect 1/2 a document?
Great - That worked - Thank you very much!!!!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It's available in all versions AFAIK. In all versions, however, you must have already inserted the section breaks before it is offered, and you have to use Tools | Protect Document rather than the padlock button on the Forms toolbar. Then when you choose to protect the document for forms, you'll be offered a choice of sections to protect. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lauren" wrote in message ... Thank you for the response. Is this functionality to protect sections available in Word 2000?? That's the version we use here at work. This functionality does not seem to be available in this version. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Add section breaks as needed and protect specific sections for forms (they don't have to contain any form fields) and leave other sections unprotected. Be aware, however, that the forms protection on part of the document will reduce functionality in the entire document. If you have Word 2003, there are other forms of protection you can use, but if the document is opened in an earlier version, the entire document will be protected. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Lauren" wrote in message ... A colleage of mine wants to write-protect half a word document, and let the other half not be write protected. This is for an SOP document cotnaining standards in our company. We don't want people to change the 'standard' part of the text, but we do want to allow for specific entries to be added to the end of the document. We prefer not to use form fields if we don't have to - many rows of entries may need to be added to a table, and people are not very PC literate around here. We don't want to have up to 300 users have to know a password either. Is there a way to do this? |
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