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Protect form preventing all editing in document (how to limit form
I'm building a form within a table into a Word 2003 document so that the user
can check up to 4 boxes in a particular section. The rest of the document is normal text that I would like to be editable at all times. I know I need to protect the form to get the checkboxes to work, so I'm wondering how I can limit the scope of the form so the protection doesn't apply to the document as a whole? I've tried continuous section breaks before and after the form, but it doesn't limit the protection. |
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After you insert the section breaks, then you can apply the protection to
specific sections. You can't (at least not at first) use the padlock button on the Forms toolbar; you have to use Tools | Protect Document. When you've selected forms as the type of protection, you'll options about sections. -- 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. "TJ" wrote in message ... I'm building a form within a table into a Word 2003 document so that the user can check up to 4 boxes in a particular section. The rest of the document is normal text that I would like to be editable at all times. I know I need to protect the form to get the checkboxes to work, so I'm wondering how I can limit the scope of the form so the protection doesn't apply to the document as a whole? I've tried continuous section breaks before and after the form, but it doesn't limit the protection. |
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Suzanne has already told you how you can use section breaks to protect only
portions. If all you are using is checkboxes, though, you may want to look at alternatives. There are a number of ways to create and use clickable checkboxes in documents / templates. Some require protected or locked forms, others do not. Take a look at the Checkbox template available at http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for an exploration of these. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "TJ" wrote in message ... I'm building a form within a table into a Word 2003 document so that the user can check up to 4 boxes in a particular section. The rest of the document is normal text that I would like to be editable at all times. I know I need to protect the form to get the checkboxes to work, so I'm wondering how I can limit the scope of the form so the protection doesn't apply to the document as a whole? I've tried continuous section breaks before and after the form, but it doesn't limit the protection. |
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