How do I restrict a user's ability to print or save a Word doc viewed as an attachment?

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Joe Medica

How do I restrict a user's ability to print or save a Word doc viewed as an attachment? I am trying to allow users to view a Word or Excel document on the web, but not have the ability to save or print the content. Is there a way to do this inherent within the document properties that is not tied to the OS? I know I can remove right-click functions and the tool bar, but I am trying to make sure that copyright infrigement does not occur

Thanks!
 
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Jezebel

Can't be done. Trawl this forum for any number of discussion of this issue.
Anything viewable can be printed, and any Office document can be edited.
People selling download documents usually provide them as PDFs with locked
content and a prominent copyright notice, but even that is fairly easily
defeated.


Joe Medica said:
How do I restrict a user's ability to print or save a Word doc viewed as
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an attachment? I am trying to allow users to view a Word or Excel document
on the web, but not have the ability to save or print the content. Is there
a way to do this inherent within the document properties that is not tied to
the OS? I know I can remove right-click functions and the tool bar, but I
am trying to make sure that copyright infrigement does not occur.
 

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