On the same ribbon with the legacy tools, there's a Protect Document button.
That opens a task pane where you should be able to click a Stop Protection
button -- unless the protection was applied with a password.
If there is a password, try inserting the text of the form document into a
new blank document.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Dorothy M F wrote:
I have a substantial number of forms that I prepared in Word 2003 and
they are saved in locked format. I see legacy tools in Word 2007 for
Word 2003 forms, but I do not see the lock/unlock control. Is there
a way to open a locked Word 2003 form in Word 2007 and then unlock it
so it can be edited? Or do I have to unlock any form in Word 2003
before I try to edit it in Word 2007?