how to protect certain zones of a word document using vba

[frank]

Hello:

Anybody knows the way to protect certain zones of a word document using vba?

Thanks in advance.

Frank.

 

[Jonathan West]

Hello:

Anybody knows the way to protect certain zones of a word document using vba?

Thanks in advance.

What you can do in this respect varies greatly depending on whether you have
Word 2003 or an earlier version. Which version do you have?

 

[frank]

I use Word 2003.
Thanks.
Frank.

What you can do in this respect varies greatly depending on whether you have
Word 2003 or an earlier version. Which version do you have?


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[Jonathan West]

I use Word 2003.
Thanks.
Frank.

Take a look at the last part of this article. It deals with document
protection in Word 2003. It will introduce you to the Document Protection
Task Pane which is what you use for this. The Task pane allows you to set
certain parts of the docuemntas uneditable, and allows you tor estrict the
styles which can be used in the editable areas.

Creating Custom Toolbars for Templates
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=262

 

[Fletcher James]

One important thing to know, if you're writing macros, is that once you
protect a section (protect for forms) then, as far as I can see, the user
can no longer select portions of that section, except for the contents of
forms fields. In addition, the Selection can no longer be placed in the
protected areas -- or, if it is, then you can no longer access information
such as Selection.Text.

If anyone knows otherwise, (or knows another way of preventing user
modifications) please enlighten me, as it would save me a lot of work on my
current project.!!

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[Jonathan West]

One important thing to know, if you're writing macros, is that once you
protect a section (protect for forms) then, as far as I can see, the user
can no longer select portions of that section, except for the contents of
forms fields. In addition, the Selection can no longer be placed in the
protected areas -- or, if it is, then you can no longer access information
such as Selection.Text.

If anyone knows otherwise, (or knows another way of preventing user
modifications) please enlighten me, as it would save me a lot of work on my
current project.!!

If you (as the macro writer) know the password used for protecting the
document, you can unprotect the relevant bits, do whatever processign you
need to do, and then protect them again.