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How do I protect part of a document and keep the forms fillin opti
I've figured out how to protect the pages I need to protect and to allow
changes to the rest of the document but this is a forms document and I can't figure out how to keep my forms protection. |
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How do I protect part of a document and keep the forms fillin opti
When you protect your document, you need to protect only the appropriate
sections. Which version of Word are you using? In Word 2003, Tools, Protect Document, A task pane will open. Change the Editing Restrictions to "Allow only this type of editing in the Document: Filling in Forms. Then click the Sections hyperlink to toggle the sections that have form fields to being protected. Then you can click Start Enforcing Protection. Only the selected sections will be protected, the remainder of the document will still have limited features available though. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "Forms document" Forms wrote in message : I've figured out how to protect the pages I need to protect and to allow changes to the rest of the document but this is a forms document and I can't figure out how to keep my forms protection. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: 12/18/2007 9:40 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: 12/18/2007 9:40 PM |
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How do I protect part of a document and keep the forms fillin opti
I'm using MS2007 and I also tried it on a computer that has 2003. What I'm
trying to do is to have a contract with form fields but there's a section in the contract that I want to protect. If I use t he read only options the filling in the form fields goes away, if i select "filling in forms" when the protection is stopped (sometimes our sales guys will need to add on to some parts of the contract) it also gives them access to a part of the document that should never be changed. What I have done is inserted the part that never changes as an image and kept the rest of the form as "filling in forms" that way, even if they turn the option off so that they can add on to the document in areas that do not contain form controls they will not be able to change the image. It's the only way I could figure out to make it work. "Forms document" wrote: I've figured out how to protect the pages I need to protect and to allow changes to the rest of the document but this is a forms document and I can't figure out how to keep my forms protection. |
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How do I protect part of a document and keep the forms fillin opti
If you protect the entire document for forms, then users will not be able to
edit any of the document except their entries in the form fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Forms document" wrote in message ... I'm using MS2007 and I also tried it on a computer that has 2003. What I'm trying to do is to have a contract with form fields but there's a section in the contract that I want to protect. If I use t he read only options the filling in the form fields goes away, if i select "filling in forms" when the protection is stopped (sometimes our sales guys will need to add on to some parts of the contract) it also gives them access to a part of the document that should never be changed. What I have done is inserted the part that never changes as an image and kept the rest of the form as "filling in forms" that way, even if they turn the option off so that they can add on to the document in areas that do not contain form controls they will not be able to change the image. It's the only way I could figure out to make it work. "Forms document" wrote: I've figured out how to protect the pages I need to protect and to allow changes to the rest of the document but this is a forms document and I can't figure out how to keep my forms protection. |
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How do I protect part of a document and keep the forms fillin opti
It doesn't sound as though you really used section breaks in your
document. Everything that you don't want to change should be in a section, which can include the forms. Anything that you want the sales folks to be able to change should be in another section. Title of Document Form fields Standard Contract text ---Section Break (End of Section One )---- Free-form area that sales people can freely change In the above scenario, I would have Section One locked down for Fill-In Forms, which will allow the sales folks to type in the form fields ONLY. Section Two would be unprotected. There are some things that they would not be allowed to do, but for the most part they can freely edit. Hope that helps. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "Forms document" wrote in message : I'm using MS2007 and I also tried it on a computer that has 2003. What I'm trying to do is to have a contract with form fields but there's a section in the contract that I want to protect. If I use t he read only options the filling in the form fields goes away, if i select "filling in forms" when the protection is stopped (sometimes our sales guys will need to add on to some parts of the contract) it also gives them access to a part of the document that should never be changed. What I have done is inserted the part that never changes as an image and kept the rest of the form as "filling in forms" that way, even if they turn the option off so that they can add on to the document in areas that do not contain form controls they will not be able to change the image. It's the only way I could figure out to make it work. "Forms document" wrote: I've figured out how to protect the pages I need to protect and to allow changes to the rest of the document but this is a forms document and I can't figure out how to keep my forms protection. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.5/1191 - Release Date: 12/20/2007 2:14 PM |
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