We just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2003. We have discovered that
there appears to be a problem with protected documents. We can unprotect the
documents but now the option to protected them again is greyed out. This is
only an issue with documents that were protected under Office 97. Any new
documents word just fine.

Hi Stacy-

Not sure why it's dimmed, but try this...

Open one of the old docs . Use Save As with a slightly different name & go
to the Save as Type list at the bottom... make sure Word document is
selected. Then see if the Protect Doument command is active in the new copy.

HTH |:)

"Stacy" wrote:

We just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2003. We have discovered that
there appears to be a problem with protected documents. We can unprotect the
documents but now the option to protected them again is greyed out. This is
only an issue with documents that were protected under Office 97. Any new
documents word just fine.

I already tried that. These documents have macros imbedded in that and I
dont know if that makes any difference. The only fix that I have been able
to come up with is for the ones without macros. If I unprotect the document,
copy the info and past it into a new document, then I am able to protect it.
I have not come up with a workaround for the ones with the Macros

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Hi Stacy-

Not sure why it's dimmed, but try this...

Open one of the old docs . Use Save As with a slightly different name & go
to the Save as Type list at the bottom... make sure Word document is
selected. Then see if the Protect Doument command is active in the new copy.

HTH |:)

"Stacy" wrote:

We just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2003. We have discovered that
there appears to be a problem with protected documents. We can unprotect the
documents but now the option to protected them again is greyed out. This is
only an issue with documents that were protected under Office 97. Any new
documents word just fine.

If protected for forms (and it sounds as if that is the case) create a new
document. Use the Organizer to copy styles from the old document. Then use
Insert File to import the contents of the old document. You may have to
mess around with margins and other settings.
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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I already tried that. These documents have macros imbedded in that and I
dont know if that makes any difference. The only fix that I have been
able
to come up with is for the ones without macros. If I unprotect the
document,
copy the info and past it into a new document, then I am able to protect
it.
I have not come up with a workaround for the ones with the Macros

"CyberTaz" wrote:

Hi Stacy-

Not sure why it's dimmed, but try this...

Open one of the old docs . Use Save As with a slightly different name &
go
to the Save as Type list at the bottom... make sure Word document is
selected. Then see if the Protect Doument command is active in the new
copy.

HTH |:)

"Stacy" wrote:

We just upgraded from Office 97 to Office 2003. We have discovered
that
there appears to be a problem with protected documents. We can
unprotect the
documents but now the option to protected them again is greyed out.
This is
only an issue with documents that were protected under Office 97. Any
new
documents word just fine.

Hi ?B?U3RhY3k=?=,

These documents have macros imbedded in that and I
dont know if that makes any difference.

Check the macro security setting. It's probably "High", and
you need to have it at least on "Medium" to allow the
macros to run (and be able to unprotect the document)

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