Need to open an embedded document in a protected form

[CheeryNan]

I posted this on 12/24 in Word / General Questions and didn't get a reply.
I'm new to this area after reading several posts in the Word/Programming
area, I think this is where I should have posted my original question. Here
is my question:

I have a problem creating a Word form (Word 2002). I created a form which has
an embedded .pdf document that users need to click on for more information. I
set up an unprotected section and placed the document in that section. After
I protect the document, everything seems to work great with one exception.
Although the user can now click on the document and open it, they can also
add text to this area. Is there any way for me to embed a document and allow
the user to ONLY click on the document to open it and not allow them to add
text anywhere in the form? This is a contract and, therefore, adding text
anywhere by the user cannot be allowed. I tried to add form frames but got
the same thing. I'm thinking that maybe a macro could be written to unprotect
the form, open the
document and then protect the document again, but I wouldn't know how to
write that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?

 

[Word Heretic]

G'day CheeryNan <[email protected]>,

Interesting. My suggestion would be to make that extra help pdf a
constant spot on your intranet / portal and link to it by hyperlink.
Failing that, you can embed help text formatted as hidden text and a
macro then unprotects, reformats hidden as not, and reprotects without
resetting the fields.

This is all assuming that you can not open the embedded file if the
section is protected.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


CheeryNan reckoned:

 

[CheeryNan]

Thank you, Word Heretic. I appreciate your suggestions.