Greetings,

I am using Word 2003. Is there a way to change a setting or something
similar, maybe VB, which would protect a document from being printed? I am
looking for a way to distribute the document in a read only version.


Thanks for your help!

Ray

I know it can be done with a .pdf file and Acrobat but I don't know how you
could do it with a Word doc. (Doesn't mean it can't be done.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Ray Batig" wrote in message
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Greetings,

I am using Word 2003. Is there a way to change a setting or something
similar, maybe VB, which would protect a document from being printed? I am
looking for a way to distribute the document in a read only version.


Thanks for your help!

Ray

See:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...208591033.aspx
About Information Rights Management

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...378481033.aspx
Create content with restricted permission

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...378581033.aspx
View content with restricted permission

Ray Batig wrote:

Greetings,

I am using Word 2003. Is there a way to change a setting or something
similar, maybe VB, which would protect a document from being printed? I am
looking for a way to distribute the document in a read only version.


Thanks for your help!

Ray

If you mean what wou wrote literally, it cannot be done. No matter what
you do, if it can be displayed on-screen, the screen can be captured and
printed as a graphic. Also, the graph can be put through optical
character recognition, a text file created, and the document re-created.

If you simply want to make it difficult to edit/change the document, it
can be saved password-protected. Alternately, it can be created as a
locked PDF or as a graphics file.

http://www.print-driver.com/howto/co...oc_to_tiff.htm for
example.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User


"Ray Batig" wrote in message
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: Greetings,
:
: I am using Word 2003. Is there a way to change a setting or something
: similar, maybe VB, which would protect a document from being printed? I
am
: looking for a way to distribute the document in a read only version.
:
:
: Thanks for your help!
:
: Ray
:
: