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I am using check boxes in a document that I have created using tables in the
layout. Whenever I lock the checkbox form fields Word locks the entire document and I am unable to access any of the other parts of it. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it? |
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gquiggan wrote:
I am using check boxes in a document that I have created using tables in the layout. Whenever I lock the checkbox form fields Word locks the entire document and I am unable to access any of the other parts of it. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it? You aren't doing anything wrong; that's the way form protection is designed. If the check boxes are isolated in one area of the document (or just a few areas), you can insert section breaks before and after that area. Then, when you go to the Restrict Formatting and Editing pane and choose protection for forms in the dropdown, you'll see a blue link for "Select sections" below that. Click the link to open a dialog where you can uncheck any sections that should not be protected. There will still be some functions that don't work in the unprotected sections. If you really need something to work there, the only workaround is to create a macro that unprotects the whole document, does the needed function, and then reprotects the document. -- 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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