Re: Protecting Word Document with Imbedded Objects
- From: "Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:55:11 -0500
spaceman wrote:
> I have prepared a manual in which I need to protect to esnure no
> chnages are made. In this manual I have imbedded additional
> documents to be used as examples. When I select the protect document
> feature in Word 2003 the entire document is protected to include the
> imbedded object. Thus the user can not open imbedded object to get
> at the attachment.
>
> 1. Is there a way to protect the document w/o protecting the imbedded
> objects?
>
> 2. Should I be doing something else other then trying to attach
> additional documents through the imbedding feature of Word 2003
1. If you insert a section break before and after each embedded object (or
group of objects), you can protect the document and, in the Tools > Protect
Document dialog, choose to unprotect the section(s) containing the objects.
2. Another possibility is to insert hyperlinks to the other documents
instead of embedding them, and use the technique at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/HLinksInForms.htm to make the links
work. However, this comes with two requirements: (a) The other documents
must be available to the user, which could be a problem if you need to send
the documents to other computers. (b) The technique requires a macro, so
either the document must be digitally signed or the user must set the macro
security level to Medium and enable the macro when opening the document.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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