I received a document that has all of the formatting greyed out. It has
fields that can be typed in, but I cannot change the page setup, margins,
center or anthing else format related. Is there a way around this?

What you received is a protected form in which the sender intended recipients
to complete/modify only certain areas. You can take a look at ToolsUnProtect
Document, but you will probably find that a Password is required to turn the
protection off.

Regards |:)

"David" wrote:

I received a document that has all of the formatting greyed out. It has
fields that can be typed in, but I cannot change the page setup, margins,
center or anthing else format related. Is there a way around this?

Thank You - I was afraid of that, the author is unknown and his formatting
doesn't fit the page properly, guess I'll have to recreate it. Thanks again
:-)

"CyberTaz" wrote:

What you received is a protected form in which the sender intended recipients
to complete/modify only certain areas. You can take a look at ToolsUnProtect
Document, but you will probably find that a Password is required to turn the
protection off.

Regards |:)

"David" wrote:

I received a document that has all of the formatting greyed out. It has
fields that can be typed in, but I cannot change the page setup, margins,
center or anthing else format related. Is there a way around this?

If it's just protected for forms, you can remove the protection by using
Insert | File to insert it in a new blank document.

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"David" wrote in message
...
Thank You - I was afraid of that, the author is unknown and his formatting
doesn't fit the page properly, guess I'll have to recreate it. Thanks
again
:-)

"CyberTaz" wrote:

What you received is a protected form in which the sender intended
recipients
to complete/modify only certain areas. You can take a look at
ToolsUnProtect
Document, but you will probably find that a Password is required to turn
the
protection off.

Regards |:)

"David" wrote:

I received a document that has all of the formatting greyed out. It
has
fields that can be typed in, but I cannot change the page setup,
margins,
center or anthing else format related. Is there a way around this?