copy protection

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There have been plenty of discussions involving Word doc protection. How is
my document protected when someone can select all, and paste my "protected"
information into a new document? If I create a legal contract for someone to
read and sign, I surely do not want to re-read 20 pages to see if the other
party made a change. I would not be interested in a program that compares
docs, I would like to be able to turn off the select all and copy feature of
my "protected" document. Any ideas out there?
 
Use a .pdf file.

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Sometimes creating a PDF file can take time and extra steps. Digging deep,
isn't there a way to disable the select all and copy feature as a form of
protection?
 
Even though you could do this with a macro, it would have to be saved in the
document, and users would just disable the macro on opening the document.

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Bill in Indy shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.docmanagement:
Sometimes creating a PDF file can take time and extra steps. Digging
deep, isn't there a way to disable the select all and copy feature as
a form of protection?
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Yes, use a PDF file.
 
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Yes, use a PDF file.
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With the full Adobe Acrobat you can password protect the copying of
text. This is not 100% foolproof.

You can also digitally sign a pdf file. While this doesn't prevent
tampering with a file, any changes to the file will render the
signature invalid. So it's an easy way to prove a document has been
changed.
 
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