[Graham Mayor]

And that applies equally to PDF!

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


CyberTaz wrote:
Protection merely prevents the *original* file from being modified.
There is no such thing as "100% protection" - if you put it out there
it can be replicated & the replica can be edited.


"netbroker" wrote in message
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I just had to prepare and send a 'client visiting form' to a client
to sign,
normally I would convert into an Acrobat pdf. document for security.

I was not able to do so because of a software problem, so I sent out
the word doc. protected. Just checking and playing with the document
before sending out I noticed that indeed it was security proof
because anyone wanted
to make any changes whilst the document is protected will come up
with a lot
of crossed out red ink.
Fine. But if some one just 'Selects All' and copies to a new page
then surely the whole object of the exercise to protect a document,
for it not to
be tampered with is valid useless. Can you explain to me then the
point of protecting a document, if it is not 100% protection?