[mirajude]

I have a form that I created a year or so ago. I needed to make some edits,
so I unprotected it, but now I can't turn the protection back on. The "Start
Enforcing Protection" button is grayed out in the Protect Document pane, and
the "Protect Form" button in the Forms toolbar is grayed out as well.

I tried saving as a new document, and tried closing down Word and reopening,
but neither thing worked. What's going on?

Thanks!

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

On the Control Toolbox toolbar, click Design Mode to turn that option off.

Did you add one or more ActiveX controls to your form? If so, macro security
would force Design mode. To work around this, make sure to clear any ActiveX
controls from your form, and use only form fields (from the Forms toolbar).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mirajude" wrote in message
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I have a form that I created a year or so ago. I needed to make some edits,
so I unprotected it, but now I can't turn the protection back on. The
"Start
Enforcing Protection" button is grayed out in the Protect Document pane,
and
the "Protect Form" button in the Forms toolbar is grayed out as well.

I tried saving as a new document, and tried closing down Word and
reopening,
but neither thing worked. What's going on?

Thanks!

[mirajude]

That worked! I hadn't inserted any Active X controls, but obviously did
something that triggered Design mode. Thanks for the help!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

On the Control Toolbox toolbar, click Design Mode to turn that option off.

Did you add one or more ActiveX controls to your form? If so, macro security
would force Design mode. To work around this, make sure to clear any ActiveX
controls from your form, and use only form fields (from the Forms toolbar).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mirajude" wrote in message
...
I have a form that I created a year or so ago. I needed to make some edits,
so I unprotected it, but now I can't turn the protection back on. The
"Start
Enforcing Protection" button is grayed out in the Protect Document pane,
and
the "Protect Form" button in the Forms toolbar is grayed out as well.

I tried saving as a new document, and tried closing down Word and
reopening,
but neither thing worked. What's going on?

Thanks!

[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

I'm glad I could help!

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mirajude" wrote in message
...
That worked! I hadn't inserted any Active X controls, but obviously did
something that triggered Design mode. Thanks for the help!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

On the Control Toolbox toolbar, click Design Mode to turn that option
off.

Did you add one or more ActiveX controls to your form? If so, macro
security
would force Design mode. To work around this, make sure to clear any
ActiveX
controls from your form, and use only form fields (from the Forms
toolbar).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"mirajude" wrote in message
...
I have a form that I created a year or so ago. I needed to make some
edits,
so I unprotected it, but now I can't turn the protection back on. The
"Start
Enforcing Protection" button is grayed out in the Protect Document
pane,
and
the "Protect Form" button in the Forms toolbar is grayed out as well.

I tried saving as a new document, and tried closing down Word and
reopening,
but neither thing worked. What's going on?

Thanks!