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Is there any way to "protect" a file so that a user would be unable to [save]
or [save as] the document? They could edit and/or print, but not save in any way. Thanx. |
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On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:30:02 -0700, Steven Sinclair
wrote: Is there any way to "protect" a file so that a user would be unable to [save] or [save as] the document? They could edit and/or print, but not save in any way. Thanx. No, there really isn't any way that can't be easily defeated. You could write macros to intercept the Save and SaveAs commands and (much harder) the prompt that occurs when you start to close a document with unsaved changes. But if the user has the security level set to High -- something over which you have no control -- then the macros will be silently disabled. If it's set to Medium, the user will be asked on opening the document whether to enable or disable the macros; again, you can't control that. Even with the macros fully operational, there's nothing to prevent the user from taking screen shots. The rule is, once the document is out of your hands, it's out of your control. Learn to live with it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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