Just wondering if there is a way to restricted all access to a word document
except for viewing and printing. I know of the read only and password
protecting features but what i want is to take away the user's right to
copy/paste text from my document and to not be able to rename my document to
obtain access. Is there a way to do this? I know I can most likely transfer
this doc into a .pdf to accomplish some of these issues. Please let me know.

How about trying Information Rights Managment (IRM) check out the hyperlink:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/edit...ogies/irm.mspx

Hope this helps

Martin



"mike55999" wrote:

Just wondering if there is a way to restricted all access to a word document
except for viewing and printing. I know of the read only and password
protecting features but what i want is to take away the user's right to
copy/paste text from my document and to not be able to rename my document to
obtain access. Is there a way to do this? I know I can most likely transfer
this doc into a .pdf to accomplish some of these issues. Please let me know.

Not really. It is possible to copy/paste from PDF too. If you
have Office 2003, you can read about using Information Rights
Management to deter the casual copier. Someone who is determined
to reuse your material can print your file, use optical character
recognition software (included with most scanners) to scan the
printed copy back into editable text, and modify it at will.

mike55999 wrote:

Just wondering if there is a way to restricted all access to a word document
except for viewing and printing. I know of the read only and password
protecting features but what i want is to take away the user's right to
copy/paste text from my document and to not be able to rename my document to
obtain access. Is there a way to do this? I know I can most likely transfer
this doc into a .pdf to accomplish some of these issues. Please let me know.

There is no way to do this. Anything that someone can see, they can copy,
edit, whatever. All you can do is make it more difficult. A simple way to
make it more difficult in Word is to protect the document for forms. This
will stop most people, but not those with malicious or fraudulent intent.
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"mike55999" wrote in message
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Just wondering if there is a way to restricted all access to a word
document
except for viewing and printing. I know of the read only and password
protecting features but what i want is to take away the user's right to
copy/paste text from my document and to not be able to rename my document
to
obtain access. Is there a way to do this? I know I can most likely
transfer
this doc into a .pdf to accomplish some of these issues. Please let me
know.