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protecting a short piece of a paragraph
I have a template, and using it I'd like to create a document, and in
several places it's important that the user not be able to insert into, change, or delete, a short portion of a paragraph. Password protection isn't necessary, I just want to stop them from doing this accidentally. Is it possible? thanks. Chip |
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You could use what Word calls an "online form." Check this in help. The
areas you want people to be able to change would be in text form fields or in unprotected sections. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Chip Orange" wrote in message ... I have a template, and using it I'd like to create a document, and in several places it's important that the user not be able to insert into, change, or delete, a short portion of a paragraph. Password protection isn't necessary, I just want to stop them from doing this accidentally. Is it possible? thanks. Chip |
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Hi Chip,
Also, in Word2003 it's possible to protect text on a character-by-character basis (with or without password protection), and allow onyl certain users to make changes. Might be a reason for an upgrade if you need that feature. Regards, Klaus "Chip Orange" wrote: I have a template, and using it I'd like to create a document, and in several places it's important that the user not be able to insert into, change, or delete, a short portion of a paragraph. Password protection isn't necessary, I just want to stop them from doing this accidentally. Is it possible? thanks. Chip |
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Thanks Klaus, sounds exactly like what I was looking for. We are on an
enterprise agreement plan with MS, so the upgrade wouldn't cost us any money, only the time to deploy it, and as yet we hadn't had time to evaluate 2003 to see if it was worth our effort. This feature just may start us down the 2003 road. Thanks again, Chip "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... Hi Chip, Also, in Word2003 it's possible to protect text on a character-by-character basis (with or without password protection), and allow onyl certain users to make changes. Might be a reason for an upgrade if you need that feature. Regards, Klaus "Chip Orange" wrote: I have a template, and using it I'd like to create a document, and in several places it's important that the user not be able to insert into, change, or delete, a short portion of a paragraph. Password protection isn't necessary, I just want to stop them from doing this accidentally. Is it possible? thanks. Chip |
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