Re: Document protection in Word 2007

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Jay, when I created a new document just now, I noted that when I turned on
Design Mode, all the control buttons in that box lit up. I was then able to
insert check boxes and text fields, turn Design Mode off, and have the
Protect Document function working as it should. So, problem solved, but I
have to re-do all those other documents that aren't working. Do you have any
idea what I might have done to them to "break" that function?
--
Sue


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Ah, yes, that's a different place than I pictured.

On the Developer ribbon, if the Design Mode button is highlighted, click to
turn it off. The protection choices are disabled while it's turned on.

SueCoach wrote:
I probably wasn't clear. It's the command selection area in the
"Restrict Formatting and Editing" box (after I click on "Protect
Document") that is greyed out, so that I'm unable to click in the
boxes to "limit formatting..." or "allow only this type of
editing...". I do have forms I've created in the past, in which this
function does work. But I can't create a new document and format
restrictions in it.

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:13:01 -0800, SueCoach
<SueCoach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When I create a document, with the Developer, with fields to be
"filled in" by others, and I click on Protect Document, the
selection fields and boxes are all greyed out. This is a NEW
problem, I've been able to use this feature before, on my own
laptop and others'. Any ideas? What am I missing?

Are you sure they're "greyed out" as in "not enabled"? By default,
text form
fields are shaded when they _are_ active. (There's a shading button
in the same
group with the forms control buttons on the Developer ribbon, which
turns the
shading on and off.)

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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