[Bgallen1975]

I am attempting to find a command line switch for Winword.exe that is similar
to the one I use to open excel documents in read-only. In excel, we use
"excel.exe /r filepath/document.xls" to prevent users from changing some
forms. I can't find a similar switch for winword -- which seems odd. I'm
looking for a command that would be as follows: winword.exe /readonlyswitch
filepath/word.doc

I'm currently using word 2003 & 2007

[Graham Mayor]

I'm afraid that will not stop users from changing the forms. It would take
them all of five minutes to work around it.
See http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Bgallen1975 wrote:
I am attempting to find a command line switch for Winword.exe that is
similar to the one I use to open excel documents in read-only. In
excel, we use "excel.exe /r filepath/document.xls" to prevent users
from changing some forms. I can't find a similar switch for winword
-- which seems odd. I'm looking for a command that would be as
follows: winword.exe /readonlyswitch filepath/word.doc

I'm currently using word 2003 & 2007

[Bgallen1975]

Given that you are right about the work around, that is not relevant to my
question. For our purposes, this works fine in excel, I'm just looking for a
similar switch in word. Does it exist?

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

I'm afraid that will not stop users from changing the forms. It would take
them all of five minutes to work around it.
See http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Bgallen1975 wrote:
I am attempting to find a command line switch for Winword.exe that is
similar to the one I use to open excel documents in read-only. In
excel, we use "excel.exe /r filepath/document.xls" to prevent users
from changing some forms. I can't find a similar switch for winword
-- which seems odd. I'm looking for a command that would be as
follows: winword.exe /readonlyswitch filepath/word.doc

I'm currently using word 2003 & 2007

[Graham Mayor]

Bgallen1975 wrote:
Given that you are right about the work around, that is not relevant
to my question. For our purposes, this works fine in excel, I'm just
looking for a similar switch in word. Does it exist?

No

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org