Re: How do I protect a document out of design mode?

Hello:

My IT installators initially told me that they would install digital
signature software on my machine but then they withdrew their offer and
advised that digital signatures are not supported.

Well, I was told that I can use my own, so I downloaded the utility for
signining VBA for Office from Microsoft site. This does not however supress
the macro security warnings (with medium level macro secruity).

Presently, I can see only one option - installation of templates to bypass
the security warnings... If I want to use macro and VBAs and I don't want to
spend $$s on security certificates that are recognized as valid by
Microsoft..

Is all this correct?
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danka


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Once you buy a digital certificate (usually from a company such as Verisign)
and install it on your computer, the process of signing any particular
document isn't complicated. This is from the help topic "Digitally sign a
file or macro project":

1.. On the Tools menu, click Options, and click the Security tab.
2.. Click Digital signatures.
3.. Click Add.
4.. Select the certificate you want to add, and then click OK.

The harder part is getting a certificate and keeping it up to date -- it's
usually issued for one or two years and then expires, and needs to be
renewed (for more big bucks).

These ActiveX controls were originally built to be included on Web pages. I
don't know what led Microsoft to include them in Word -- I don't find them
useful at all, because of the rigamarole involved in using them. You might
want to read
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnword2k2/html/odc_activeX.asp
for more background.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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danka wrote:
Hello:

If my organization has acquired a digital certificate what it takes
to have w Word document having control toolbox items certified? Is
it something very complicated?

If I cannot distribute a document containing controls easly I guess
those controls are not very useless. Why to bother to include those
tools?

Thanks.

This will happen if you used items out of the Control Toolbox, and
the receiving PC has the macro security level set to High. The
reason is that the security mechanism considers those controls
(which are ActiveX) to be in the same threat class as macros as
possible viruses, so it disables them. As a side-effect, this puts
the document into design mode.

You have three possible solutions:

1. Don't use any Control Toolbox items. Stick to what's on the Forms
toolbar.

2. Tell recipients that they have to go to Tools > Macro > Security
and set the level to Medium. Every time they open your form, they'll
have to click the Enable button in the virus warning box.

3. Pay big money for a digital security certificate, and sign your
form. Each recipient will be asked once to accept the certificate.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:03:04 -0700, Design Mode
<DesignMode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have created a form that I need to send out to business partners.
How can I protect the document out of design mode. I tested the
form by sending it to another computer and when it was opened up,
the design mode was on and they were unable to write or check in
the boxes. How can I fix this?



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