[Andre De Clercq]

Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice) which
cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF conversion?
Thanks for any advise

[ArcticWolf]

Send it read only?

"Andre De Clercq" wrote:

Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice) which
cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF conversion?
Thanks for any advise

[Jay Freedman]

Andre De Clercq wrote:
Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice)
which cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF
conversion? Thanks for any advise

This is one of the most frequent of the Frequently Asked Questions.

Any document, electronic or paper, that you allow others to have can be
altered. Depending on how it's created, it may take more or less effort to
do so, and the alteration may or may not be easily detectable.

There is no way to prevent a Word document in its electronic form from being
altered. You can apply a digital signature to the document, and Word will
automatically remove the signature if the file is changed by even one byte.
Note that this does _not_ prevent changes, it only makes it possible to say
that a file is not the same as the original. A printout of an altered
document will look perfect, if the alteration is done with care.

If you use the full version of Adobe Acrobat to make a PDF file from your
document, you can make it more difficult -- but not impossible -- for
someone to make an altered copy. Most of the cheap or free PDF creation
programs don't offer the kind of change control that Acrobat does.

If the document is something of considerable legal or financial value, be
aware that anything that is (or can be) printed on paper can then be scanned
and altered in a way that's almost undetectable, unless you want to pay for
a forensic examination of the paper and ink.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

[Graham Mayor]

And what's to stop the recipient changing it back again?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ArcticWolf wrote:
Send it read only?

"Andre De Clercq" wrote:

Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice)
which cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF
conversion? Thanks for any advise

[ArcticWolf]

Good point well put - I'm not a Word MVP and my intension was only to try and
help. OK my suggestion doesn't work - but at least I tried to answer it and
I don't try and be funny and diss other users responses like you Graham!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

And what's to stop the recipient changing it back again?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ArcticWolf wrote:
Send it read only?

"Andre De Clercq" wrote:

Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice)
which cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF
conversion? Thanks for any advise

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

"Trying to answer" is all very well, but it helps if you test the answer to
see if it will work before offering it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ArcticWolf" wrote in message
...
Good point well put - I'm not a Word MVP and my intension was only to try
and
help. OK my suggestion doesn't work - but at least I tried to answer it
and
I don't try and be funny and diss other users responses like you Graham!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

And what's to stop the recipient changing it back again?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ArcticWolf wrote:
Send it read only?

"Andre De Clercq" wrote:

Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice)
which cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF
conversion? Thanks for any advise

[CyberTaz]

Trust me, you haven't been "diss"ed:-) Graham simply asked a quite valid
question in a straightforward manner - most likely in a effort to prompt you
to confirm your suggestions before posting. "Taking a guess" is fine as long
as you clearly qualify it as such.

If anyone in a news group ever "diss"es you you'll know it:-)

Regards |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 12/21/07 6:42 AM, in article
, "ArcticWolf"
wrote:

Good point well put - I'm not a Word MVP and my intension was only to try and
help. OK my suggestion doesn't work - but at least I tried to answer it and
I don't try and be funny and diss other users responses like you Graham!

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

And what's to stop the recipient changing it back again?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


ArcticWolf wrote:
Send it read only?

"Andre De Clercq" wrote:

Is there any possibility to send a word document (e.g. an invoice)
which cannot be changed by the receiving parties. Do I need a PDF
conversion? Thanks for any advise