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Word 2003 Question: Protecting Document-Editing Restrictions

by Krystalight77 May 4, 2007 6:20AM PDT

I'm trying to protect a document with a table and just allow other users to fill in the fields of the table, which is easy enough, but if I restrict the document for that, the other users can't run a spell-check, do a search/replace, nor add rows to the table. Is there a way to restrict the document to allow these 4 functions?

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Gail Barton
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No, but please don't post your phone number.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 4, 2007 6:30AM PDT

More on topic, many are starting to ask for Word to have some form of menu to pick from to protect these but not those. It's currently not possible.

Bob

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Not possible with...

by Papa Echo May 4, 2007 8:25PM PDT

... a document, but you can create the table as a second document, unprotected and with a reference to it, maybe a hyperlink, at the first document which is protected, then others will be able to open and edit the table... Treat the two documents as a composite. (One is part and parcel of the other - make that clear at the first document.)

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