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How to lock styles to prevent changes?
I have a lot of documents created with the same styles, and I have a
tendancy to inadvertantly chang them by dragging the mouse around and clicking at the wrong time. I solved the problem up to now by having them set for auto update from the initial template. The link to the template, however, is vulnerable and I want the documents to stand on their own. Once I break the link, it's only a mater of time until the styles get messed up. Is there any way to lock the styles so that they can't be changed unless I unlock them? -- Gary Burton |
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How to lock styles to prevent changes?
There are some things you can do:
1. Turn off AutoFormat As You Type options. See: Word is always making changes I don't expect. How can I get more control over my formatting? http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm 2. Make sure that you don't have a style which is set to automatically update. If it affects the Normal style, it could be especially problematic. See: Formatting applied to one paragraph affects the entire document http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...eformatted.htm 3. If you are using Word 2003, you can restrict formatting to using styles; this setting will be in effect until you turn it off (and you can even set a password). For more, see: Restrict formatting of a document http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...447461033.aspx -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Gary Burton" wrote in message ... I have a lot of documents created with the same styles, and I have a tendancy to inadvertantly chang them by dragging the mouse around and clicking at the wrong time. I solved the problem up to now by having them set for auto update from the initial template. The link to the template, however, is vulnerable and I want the documents to stand on their own. Once I break the link, it's only a mater of time until the styles get messed up. Is there any way to lock the styles so that they can't be changed unless I unlock them? -- Gary Burton |
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How to lock styles to prevent changes?
Thank you for your input. I appreciate the help.
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