Macro unprotect doc, make change and re-protect?

[Ann Scharpf]

We are running Word 2003 under Windows XP. Under Word 97, I created forms
templates that had instructional comments. When we upgraded to Word 2003,
everyone HATED how the comments were always displayed as those margin
balloons. So I modified the templates to remove the instructions.

Problem is when people work on old documents. I am creating a toolbar to
add to the template for people to do functions that they've never learned the
right way to do. I'd like to have a button for removing all the comments.
But you can't remove the comments without unprotecting the form. I don't
know VBA yet and am trying to record a macro that will first turn off the
protection, then remove all the comments and turn the protection right back
on. Can't record a macro this way because you can't record the macro if
protection is turned on. Can't back into it either and edit the macro
because if protection is turned off and I turn on as first step of macro, it
kills the record.

Is there some way I can accomplish this?

Thanks for your advice.

Ann

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Unprotect manually, record your macro and save. Then edit the macro to start
it by unprotecting and finish by protecting.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ModifyRecordedMacro.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm
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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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[Ann Scharpf]

Thank you! That worked like a gem. I copied the code out of the document in
the second link and it did just what I needed.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Glad to have been able to help point the way.
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