I have a protected form document in Word 97. The document also contains
embedded .pdf documents. I have sections defined so that the .pdfs are
not protected. But when I double click to open the .pdfs, nothing
happens, as if they are protected. How do I get them to open?


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daff

Hi Daff,

I have a protected form document in Word 97. The document also contains
embedded .pdf documents. I have sections defined so that the .pdfs are
not protected. But when I double click to open the .pdfs, nothing
happens, as if they are protected. How do I get them to open?

Even in unprotected sections, certain features are disabled. Activating
OLE objects is one of them. You'd need a macro to remove protection, do
the activation, and later reinstate protection. You might be better off
to use a hyperlink, or a MacroButton field that will OPEN the file, from
disk.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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