[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

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You cannot protect individual cells in a table. You would have to put the
whole table in a Section and then apply the protection to that Section.

This is the same in all versions of Word.

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"Barbara" wrote in message
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I know I've attached things before but I'm not seeing the option here. Let
me
know how to send you the template.
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Barbara R


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

If you are saying that you want certain areas of the document to be more
freely editable, you can insert section breaks and then leave one or more
sections unprotected. Once at least one section break is in place, you
can
click the "Select sections" option (under "Editing restrictions"); clear
the
sections that shouldn't be protected. This option is fully backward
compatible with Word 97-2003.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Barbara" wrote in message
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I was using the form fields---text and drop downs. When I save it
without
locking it down, then those fields are not enabled. For example, the
drop-down does not have an arrow indicating a drop-down and anyone can
type
in the locked text field (fill in enabled is not checked). If I copy
the
table into 2003 and protect it, it works. That's the problem, we can't
protect the whole template as they need to type in the other areas and
I
can't possibly make all those areas text fields.

I thought about finding a pc with 2003, creating a document with just
the
tables so I can lock it down then inserting it as an object into 2007
template. Will that work? Will they be able to update the document
object
in
the 2007 template?

I save everything in compatible mode.

Thanks,
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Barbara R


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

What method are you using in Word 2007? Word 2003 supports the same
"Editing
restrictions" as Word 2007 does. Look in the Restrict Formatting and
Editing
pane (Review tab | Protect Document) or the Protect Document pane in
Word
2003 (Tools | Protect Document).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Barbara" wrote in message
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I have Word 2007 but most of my co-workers are still on 2003. We need
to
lock
some cells in a table so people cannot make an entry. We cannot lock
the
whole document as it is a 48 page template. I know I can do this in
2007
but
is there a way to do it so it will work in 2003 format?
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Barbara R


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