Re: Word document protection

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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" <C.Meister-C@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Julia,
>
>> I would like to protect a Word document so that it is not possible for a
>> recipient to be able to eiterh copy and paste or file>save as the
>> document.
>> This is because there maybe text or pictures that I do not want to be
>> copied.
>>
> Well, give that anyone using a computer could press the PrintScreen button
> on
> the keyboard, then paste into any graphics program... I don't think it
> really
> matters whether or not you could lock the document. It would be simple
> enough
> to get to the text through the screen caption <shrug>
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
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>
If you don't want anyone to copy, don't make it available. Determined folks
can copy anything...


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