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Unlocking a form
I have a word document that is a form that was created with 97-2003. Now we
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Unlocking a form
Janice914 wrote:
I have a word document that is a form that was created with 97-2003. Now we are working with the new Word version and I don't know how to unlock the form. Can anyone help? The long way around: On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. When the pane appears on the right, click the Stop Protection button at the bottom (and supply a password if one is needed). The short way, after a one-time setup: Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category dropdown to Commands Not In the Ribbon. Click on the Lock command and click the Add button, then OK. Click that button on the Quick Access Toolbar once to unlock, and again to lock the form. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Thank you so much!
"Jay Freedman" wrote: Janice914 wrote: I have a word document that is a form that was created with 97-2003. Now we are working with the new Word version and I don't know how to unlock the form. Can anyone help? The long way around: On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. When the pane appears on the right, click the Stop Protection button at the bottom (and supply a password if one is needed). The short way, after a one-time setup: Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category dropdown to Commands Not In the Ribbon. Click on the Lock command and click the Add button, then OK. Click that button on the Quick Access Toolbar once to unlock, and again to lock the form. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: The long way around: On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. When the pane appears on the right, click the Stop Protection button at the bottom (and supply a password if one is needed). What if the default setting is already "Unrestricted Access" (in spite of it still being a clearly locked form) and clicking prompts me to install a Windows Rights Management client? I created and locked the form (on this same machine and this version of Word and Windows) myself a couple of weeks ago. How do I restore my own access in order to edit? The short way, after a one-time setup: Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category dropdown to Commands Not In the Ribbon. Click on the Lock command and click the Add button, then OK. Click that button on the Quick Access Toolbar once to unlock, and again to lock the form. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: The long way around: On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. When the pane appears on the right, click the Stop Protection button at the bottom (and supply a password if one is needed). What if the default setting is already "Unrestricted Access" (in spite of it still being a clearly locked form) and clicking prompts me to install a Windows Rights Management client? I created and locked the form (on this same machine and this version of Word and Windows) myself a couple of weeks ago. How do I restore my own access in order to edit? The short way, after a one-time setup: Right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category dropdown to Commands Not In the Ribbon. Click on the Lock command and click the Add button, then OK. Click that button on the Quick Access Toolbar once to unlock, and again to lock the form. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Ashby T. wrote:
"Jay Freedman" wrote: The long way around: On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. When the pane appears on the right, click the Stop Protection button at the bottom (and supply a password if one is needed). What if the default setting is already "Unrestricted Access" (in spite of it still being a clearly locked form) and clicking prompts me to install a Windows Rights Management client? I created and locked the form (on this same machine and this version of Word and Windows) myself a couple of weeks ago. How do I restore my own access in order to edit? I'd guess in that case that your document file has been damaged in such a way that Word "thinks" it has been locked by the Rights Management software -- which is an entirely different mechanism than Word's forms protection. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm for suggestions, but I doubt you'll be able to recover that document intact. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Ashby T. wrote:
"Jay Freedman" wrote: The long way around: On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. When the pane appears on the right, click the Stop Protection button at the bottom (and supply a password if one is needed). What if the default setting is already "Unrestricted Access" (in spite of it still being a clearly locked form) and clicking prompts me to install a Windows Rights Management client? I created and locked the form (on this same machine and this version of Word and Windows) myself a couple of weeks ago. How do I restore my own access in order to edit? I'd guess in that case that your document file has been damaged in such a way that Word "thinks" it has been locked by the Rights Management software -- which is an entirely different mechanism than Word's forms protection. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm for suggestions, but I doubt you'll be able to recover that document intact. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Unlocking a form
If you need network unlock code you can get the unlock code here 'Wicked Unlock.com- Unlock Your Phone' (http://www.wickedunlock.com/unlock-your-phone/rs11wp2/) It provides unlock code and instructions....By using this you can unlock easily... -- simbu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ simbu's Profile: 1653 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=137693 http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/chat.php |
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Again, cell phone unlock codes have nothing to do with unprotecting forms in
Word. Please go away! -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "simbu" wrote in message ... If you need network unlock code you can get the unlock code here 'Wicked Unlock.com- Unlock Your Phone' (http://www.wickedunlock.com/unlock-your-phone/rs11wp2/) It provides unlock code and instructions....By using this you can unlock easily... -- simbu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ simbu's Profile: 1653 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...d.php?t=137693 http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/chat.php |
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