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How do I prevent unauthorized copying of sections of Word doc?
I am using Word 2003. I want to prevent the ability to right-click on a
document and copy sections (including digital signatures). Any suggestions? |
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Realistically, you cannot do this. Anything that can be read can be copied.
You can make it more difficult to copy. You can protect a document for forms. Tools Protect. If it has no formfields it can be read or printed. Text in it cannot be selected or copied. However, this is very easy to get around (less than 30 seconds) if someone knows how, so it is not security by any stretch of the imagination. One level up is to convert to a pdf file. But again, if you don't want someone to copy something, don't let that person see it. -- 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. "Adi Raviv" Adi wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I want to prevent the ability to right-click on a document and copy sections (including digital signatures). Any suggestions? |
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Thanks- I'll try it out and review the suggested sites.
"Charles Kenyon" wrote: Realistically, you cannot do this. Anything that can be read can be copied. You can make it more difficult to copy. You can protect a document for forms. Tools Protect. If it has no formfields it can be read or printed. Text in it cannot be selected or copied. However, this is very easy to get around (less than 30 seconds) if someone knows how, so it is not security by any stretch of the imagination. One level up is to convert to a pdf file. But again, if you don't want someone to copy something, don't let that person see it. -- 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. "Adi Raviv" Adi wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I want to prevent the ability to right-click on a document and copy sections (including digital signatures). Any suggestions? |
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