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Word 2007 Form Protection Doesn't Work
I've created a form in Word 2007 but when I open the Restrict Formatting and
Edit dialog, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button is gray and unelectable. How do I get form protection to work in 2007? |
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Word 2007 Form Protection Doesn't Work
In a brand new blank document, is Restrict Formatting and Editing also
grayed out, or is the problem just in that one document? (Note: it is not grayed out here, so the point is to find out how widespread your problem is. Form protection *does* work in Word 2007... the problem is to find out why it's not working for you.) -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Mashuganah" wrote in message ... I've created a form in Word 2007 but when I open the Restrict Formatting and Edit dialog, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button is gray and unelectable. How do I get form protection to work in 2007? |
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Word 2007 Form Protection Doesn't Work
Mashuganah wrote:
I've created a form in Word 2007 but when I open the Restrict Formatting and Edit dialog, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button is gray and unelectable. How do I get form protection to work in 2007? Look at the Developer tab of the ribbon. If the Design Mode button is highlighted (indicating it's turned on), click it to turn it off. That's the most frequent reason that protection is disabled. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Word 2007 Form Protection Doesn't Work
To add another possibility, if the document is set as a mail merge document
form protection will also be disabled. On the Mailings tab, click Start Mail Merge and make sure "Normal Word Document" is selected. ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Mashuganah wrote: I've created a form in Word 2007 but when I open the Restrict Formatting and Edit dialog, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button is gray and unelectable. How do I get form protection to work in 2007? Look at the Developer tab of the ribbon. If the Design Mode button is highlighted (indicating it's turned on), click it to turn it off. That's the most frequent reason that protection is disabled. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Word 2007 Form Protection Doesn't Work
Thanks Jay. That was it. Such a kludge "feature."
"Jay Freedman" wrote: Mashuganah wrote: I've created a form in Word 2007 but when I open the Restrict Formatting and Edit dialog, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button is gray and unelectable. How do I get form protection to work in 2007? Look at the Developer tab of the ribbon. If the Design Mode button is highlighted (indicating it's turned on), click it to turn it off. That's the most frequent reason that protection is disabled. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Word 2007 Form Protection Doesn't Work
Note that if the document contains ActiveX controls, macro security will
force the document into Design mode. The workaround is to avoid ActiveX controls and make use of form fields (or content controls if no backward compatibility is required) instead. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Mashuganah" wrote in message ... Thanks Jay. That was it. Such a kludge "feature." "Jay Freedman" wrote: Mashuganah wrote: I've created a form in Word 2007 but when I open the Restrict Formatting and Edit dialog, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button is gray and unelectable. How do I get form protection to work in 2007? Look at the Developer tab of the ribbon. If the Design Mode button is highlighted (indicating it's turned on), click it to turn it off. That's the most frequent reason that protection is disabled. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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