Hello,
I've seen a few posts regarding protecting a Word document (by sections) and
the Ink (comments/annotations) feature using a tablet pc. It seems that even
though you setup protection by section the ink feature is disabled. I
haven't had any luck getting confirmation whether this will be fixed (or if
theres a workaround). Anyone else had any luck? thanks.

Thank you. I'm pasting your response to the duplicate question i had posted
in programming so anyone else with this question can see your great answer.
Thanks!

"Cindy M." wrote:

> Hi =?Utf-8?B?Y2dpamFn?=,
>
> > I've seen a few posts regarding protecting a Word document (by sections) and
> > the Ink (comments/annotations) feature using a tablet pc. It seems that even
> > though you setup protection by section the ink feature is disabled. I
> > haven't had any luck getting confirmation whether this will be fixed (or if
> > theres a workaround).
> >
> The reason this is a problem is that "ink" is superimposed on the document as a
> Shape (floating graphic), in a special layer. When forms protection is
> activated, this layer is inaccessible - no workarounds, no "fixes". It's
> inherent in the way the functionality was designed, back in the early 1990s.
> This graphics layer was added to Word some five years later (for version 97).
>
> Given that the Word team is now focussing on Content Controls (new in 2007) and
> isn't planning to do anything at all with the Form fields, I don't expect this
> to change.
>
> If you have 2007 you can use grouped content controls to limit text input, and
> use Inking at the same time.
>
> Cindy Meister
> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
> http://www.word.mvps.org
>
> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
> in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)
>
>

Hello,

I know you asked this a long time ago but I've been searching for a solution
to this same problem. I want to be able to lock the document from
unauthorized changes but I still want to allow inking. If you choose under
"Restrict formatting" to allow tracked changes only, you will still be able
to use the inking feature. I know this isn't perfect, but let's face it, it
is a microsoft product. I really hope microsoft addresses this in office
2010, but I'm not holding my breath. I hope this has helped you. If you have
learned anything new let me know.

thank you.

"cgijag" wrote:

> Hello,
> I've seen a few posts regarding protecting a Word document (by sections) and
> the Ink (comments/annotations) feature using a tablet pc. It seems that even
> though you setup protection by section the ink feature is disabled. I
> haven't had any luck getting confirmation whether this will be fixed (or if
> theres a workaround). Anyone else had any luck? thanks.