[Graham Mayor]

I tried it before replying to confirm how the process worked. The document
should only open without the password if its content is embedded in the
target document.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Jason wrote:
I have recreated the object and am still getting the password
protected document to open without asking for credentials. I followed
the step I have outline and ensure that link to doc was checkmarked.

Do you have any other suggestions. Have you tried this yourself.
Create a document, password protect it. Open it, asks for password.
Now create object link, link to file, show as icon. then click the
icon and the other document opens right up

I am very confused. Makes me wonder how secure a password protected
document really is.

Thanks for replying Graham
Let me know if you have any other sugesstions

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

You should be prompted for the password when you insert the link.
While the document remains open that link will continue to be
accessible. If you save and close and re-open the document, and
click the link, the password dialog should be presented again.

What I suspect you have not done is to check the 'link to file'
check box as well as the icon box. This causes the content of the
object to be embedded into the document. If you then click the icon
the content that you embedded is displayed - this is not the
original protected document, but a view of it as the time it was
inserted.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Jason wrote:
Version is Word 2003 SP2
Steps taken are as follows:
insert - object -create from file -browse for file, check off
display as icon
ok

inserts an icon in my word document, when icon is clicked, it just
opens the file with asking for credentials, and linked file is
password protected ????
let me know if you know of another way of doing this, or fixing what
I have done

thanks in advance

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Describe the steps you took to insert this object and in which Word
version. Here you get a prompt for the password when the linked
object is inserted and on subsequent opening of the document.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Jason wrote:
When I create an object in a word document, that links to a
password protected document, click on object, it opens file
without asking for password credentials. If file is opened any
other way it asks for password credentials or open read only, and
that is what I want


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