[KHarrang]

The Prepare/Mark as Final feature seems convenient, until I discovered that
anyone who received the "final" document can undo the finalization by
performing the same steps again. Is this a bug? If not, how to I make
something read only that cannot be undone?

Thanks.

[Ron]

Open the file.
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Security.
Do one of the following:

Create a password to open
In the Password to open box, type a password, and then click OK.
In the Reenter password to open box, type the password again, and then click
OK.

Create a password to modify
In the Password to modify box, type a password, and then click OK.
In the Reenter password to modify box, type the password again, and then
click
--
Who Cares Who Dares Who Wins


"KHarrang" wrote:

The Prepare/Mark as Final feature seems convenient, until I discovered that
anyone who received the "final" document can undo the finalization by
performing the same steps again. Is this a bug? If not, how to I make
something read only that cannot be undone?

Thanks.

[KHarrang]

Actually, the answer below is for Office (Word) 2003. In Office 2007, The
heres how to make a document truly read-only [just figured this out]: in
the ribbon, go to the Review Tab. On the far right, theres a box called
€œProtect Document€�, which is essentially unchaged from Word 2003. Click the
down-arrow, and click on €œRestrict Formatting and Editing€�. Then, click the
box in item 2 (€œAllow only this type of editing in the document€�) and the
first item in the pull down menu is €œNo changes (Read only)€�. Check that,
then €œYes, Start Enforcing Protection€�. Done

"Ron" wrote:

Open the file.
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Security.
Do one of the following:

Create a password to open
In the Password to open box, type a password, and then click OK.
In the Reenter password to open box, type the password again, and then click
OK.

Create a password to modify
In the Password to modify box, type a password, and then click OK.
In the Reenter password to modify box, type the password again, and then
click
--
Who Cares Who Dares Who Wins


"KHarrang" wrote:

The Prepare/Mark as Final feature seems convenient, until I discovered that
anyone who received the "final" document can undo the finalization by
performing the same steps again. Is this a bug? If not, how to I make
something read only that cannot be undone?

Thanks.

[angelaweb2]

I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP - I marked as final a document and later I realized i
had a mistake. I need to reverse my action but it has been IMPOSSIZBLE TO DO
SO. do you have ideas?

"KHarrang" wrote:

The Prepare/Mark as Final feature seems convenient, until I discovered that
anyone who received the "final" document can undo the finalization by
performing the same steps again. Is this a bug? If not, how to I make
something read only that cannot be undone?

Thanks.