Don't use the lock icon for this. Instead, use the Tools Protect Document
dialog or the Protect Document task pane, depending on your version of Word.
For Word 2002 or 2003:
When you select "Filling in forms" in the dropdown on the task pane, the
Sections link appears below it. Click that, and uncheck the section(s) that
shouldn't be protected.
For earlier versions:
When you click the Forms option in the dialog, the Sections button becomes
enabled. Click that, and uncheck the section(s) that shouldn't be protected.
After you've made that selection, then you can use the lock icon and Word
will remember which sections to protect.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
lynnb253 wrote:
I selected the upper section then hit the protection (lock on tool
bar). Can you explain briefly how to only protect Section 1 if this
is not the correct way.
Thanks
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Did you select protection for Section 1 only, leaving Section 2
unprotected?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"lynnb253" wrote in message
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After entering the section break and protecting the upper portion
of my form, I cannot tab or click on the bottom section to type.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
"Charles Kenyon" wrote:
You tab or click to it, with the document protected but the section
unprotected.
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"lynnb253" wrote in message
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How do you type text after the section break?
"Doug Robbins" wrote:
If you have a Section Break after the form part of the page, and
only apply
protection to the section containing the form, the text after
the section break will not be protected. There are however some
restrictions on the capabilities of Word with respect to that
text - Spelling Checking, access
to Headers and Footers etc.
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Hope this helps.
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