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Protect Forms & enable text edit (2003)
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I am creating a template to be used by my company. In this template, I'd like to have a section that utilizes forms and another that enables user text (either in body of document or via text box - not picky) The tables section that contains the forms are mandatory inputs which should not be altered by any user of the template. The user input text is optional. My problem arises when I try to protect the forms, as it will not allow for text edit in the rest of the document. I've tried to use Protection formatting restrictions, but can't figure out a way to protect the tables (also, when removing the protections I've experimented with, all document formatting is erased) Also, I've read online that I should be able to protect 'sections' but don't know where to look for this option or how to use it FYI - other areas I'd like to leave open for editing a header/footer & org charts Thanks for any help |
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Protect Forms & enable text edit (2003)
You need to insert a Section Break (probably a continuous one in your case)
to separate the forms section for the free-text section of the document. When you then go to apply Protection to a multi-section document, you will be able to select the Sections to which the Protection for filling in forms is applied/ Note, applying such protection does preclude the use of some of Words other features throughout the whole of the document. -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "tsmith5" wrote in message ... Hello I am creating a template to be used by my company. In this template, I'd like to have a section that utilizes forms and another that enables user text (either in body of document or via text box - not picky) The tables section that contains the forms are mandatory inputs which should not be altered by any user of the template. The user input text is optional. My problem arises when I try to protect the forms, as it will not allow for text edit in the rest of the document. I've tried to use Protection formatting restrictions, but can't figure out a way to protect the tables (also, when removing the protections I've experimented with, all document formatting is erased) Also, I've read online that I should be able to protect 'sections' but don't know where to look for this option or how to use it FYI - other areas I'd like to leave open for editing a header/footer & org charts Thanks for any help -- tsmith5 |
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ex here are my steps: new document insert table, apply forms insert break - continuous section break tools - protect document sidebar options: 1. Formatting Restrictions 2. Editing Restrictions 3. Start Enforcement Where do I find the options to choose which section to protect? |
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Protect Forms & enable text edit (2003)
When your document contains more than one section, you should see an
inconspicuous blue link under the dropdown in which you have selected "Filling in forms" that says "Select sections..." Click on that to get a dialog with check boxes for the sections to be protected. Once you have done that "the long way," you'll be able to use the padlock button on the Forms toolbar to unprotect and reprotect the selected section(s). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "tsmith5" wrote in message ... Doug Robbins - Word MVP;444217 Wrote: You need to insert a Section Break (probably a continuous one in your case) to separate the forms section for the free-text section of the document. When you then go to apply Protection to a multi-section document, you will be able to select the Sections to which the Protection for filling in forms is applied/ Note, applying such protection does preclude the use of some of Words other features throughout the whole of the document. -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "tsmith5" wrote in message ...- Hello I am creating a template to be used by my company. In this template, I'd like to have a section that utilizes forms and another that enables user text (either in body of document or via text box - not picky) The tables section that contains the forms are mandatory inputs which should not be altered by any user of the template. The user input text is optional. My problem arises when I try to protect the forms, as it will not allow for text edit in the rest of the document. I've tried to use Protection formatting restrictions, but can't figure out a way to protect the tables (also, when removing the protections I've experimented with, all document formatting is erased) Also, I've read online that I should be able to protect 'sections' but don't know where to look for this option or how to use it FYI - other areas I'd like to leave open for editing a header/footer & org charts Thanks for any help -- tsmith5 - Great - this is what I want to do. However I can't seem to find Multi-Section Protection. Can anyone guide me through this process? ex here are my steps: new document insert table, apply forms insert break - continuous section break tools - protect document sidebar options: 1. Formatting Restrictions 2. Editing Restrictions 3. Start Enforcement Where do I find the options to choose which section to protect? -- tsmith5 |
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Protect Forms & enable text edit (2003)
You must check the box under "2. Editing Restrictions" and then use the
pulldown control to select the "Filling in forms" option. Then if your document contains multiple sections, you will see a "Select sections..." link. If you click on that link, a Section Protection dialog box will appear that contains a list of the Sections in your document and a check box of each by means of which you can control to which Sections the protection is to be applied. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "tsmith5" wrote in message ... Doug Robbins - Word MVP;444217 Wrote: You need to insert a Section Break (probably a continuous one in your case) to separate the forms section for the free-text section of the document. When you then go to apply Protection to a multi-section document, you will be able to select the Sections to which the Protection for filling in forms is applied/ Note, applying such protection does preclude the use of some of Words other features throughout the whole of the document. -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. "tsmith5" wrote in message ...- Hello I am creating a template to be used by my company. In this template, I'd like to have a section that utilizes forms and another that enables user text (either in body of document or via text box - not picky) The tables section that contains the forms are mandatory inputs which should not be altered by any user of the template. The user input text is optional. My problem arises when I try to protect the forms, as it will not allow for text edit in the rest of the document. I've tried to use Protection formatting restrictions, but can't figure out a way to protect the tables (also, when removing the protections I've experimented with, all document formatting is erased) Also, I've read online that I should be able to protect 'sections' but don't know where to look for this option or how to use it FYI - other areas I'd like to leave open for editing a header/footer & org charts Thanks for any help -- tsmith5 - Great - this is what I want to do. However I can't seem to find Multi-Section Protection. Can anyone guide me through this process? ex here are my steps: new document insert table, apply forms insert break - continuous section break tools - protect document sidebar options: 1. Formatting Restrictions 2. Editing Restrictions 3. Start Enforcement Where do I find the options to choose which section to protect? -- tsmith5 |
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