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How do I stop others using 'Save As' to unprotect a document?
When I save a document/template after protecting it with open and modify
passwords and read only, it is still possible for others to save the document with a different name and unprotect it and edit to their heart's content!!! As this is a form template (Yes, I have protected it as a form) It is my wish that no-one else can edit it, apart from using the form fields. Please help as this is really frustrating. Many thanks in advance. Ian |
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How do I stop others using 'Save As' to unprotect a document?
Hi ?B?SWFuIEc=?=,
When I save a document/template after protecting it with open and modify passwords and read only, it is still possible for others to save the document with a different name and unprotect it and edit to their heart's content!!! As this is a form template (Yes, I have protected it as a form) It is my wish that no-one else can edit it, apart from using the form fields. Form field protection is more a convenience than anything else. There is NO way to make a document protected in this manner completely "untouchable". Best you can do is to have Word 2003 and use IRM (Rights management) to make parts of a document truly "untouchable". For that, you need a Windows 2003 server somewhere to enforce the Rights Management (you can find more about that at microsoft.com). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I stop others using 'Save As' to unprotect a document?
Cindy,
Many thanks for the solution, I suspected this would be the case as I use Office 2003 at home, but my workplace uses Office 2000 on a LAN. I think my only option now is to convert the form to PDF and use Adobe's protection. Here's hoping my IT dept will allow the purchase of Adobe Acrobat Pro (We all have our dreams LOL). Thanks again Regards - Ian "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?SWFuIEc=?=, When I save a document/template after protecting it with open and modify passwords and read only, it is still possible for others to save the document with a different name and unprotect it and edit to their heart's content!!! As this is a form template (Yes, I have protected it as a form) It is my wish that no-one else can edit it, apart from using the form fields. Form field protection is more a convenience than anything else. There is NO way to make a document protected in this manner completely "untouchable". Best you can do is to have Word 2003 and use IRM (Rights management) to make parts of a document truly "untouchable". For that, you need a Windows 2003 server somewhere to enforce the Rights Management (you can find more about that at microsoft.com). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I stop others using 'Save As' to unprotect a document?
I'm afraid neither Acrobat or Cindy's suggestion will make the document
truly inpenetrable. Any document that you allow someone to see can be duplicated. All you can hope for is to make things a little more difficult for the average user. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Ian G wrote: Cindy, Many thanks for the solution, I suspected this would be the case as I use Office 2003 at home, but my workplace uses Office 2000 on a LAN. I think my only option now is to convert the form to PDF and use Adobe's protection. Here's hoping my IT dept will allow the purchase of Adobe Acrobat Pro (We all have our dreams LOL). Thanks again Regards - Ian "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote: Hi ?B?SWFuIEc=?=, When I save a document/template after protecting it with open and modify passwords and read only, it is still possible for others to save the document with a different name and unprotect it and edit to their heart's content!!! As this is a form template (Yes, I have protected it as a form) It is my wish that no-one else can edit it, apart from using the form fields. Form field protection is more a convenience than anything else. There is NO way to make a document protected in this manner completely "untouchable". Best you can do is to have Word 2003 and use IRM (Rights management) to make parts of a document truly "untouchable". For that, you need a Windows 2003 server somewhere to enforce the Rights Management (you can find more about that at microsoft.com). Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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