how can I disable commands in a word document?

[Guest]

How can I disable the Save As, Copy and any other command in a Word document?
I have seen this been done in Acrobat before but I believe it can also be
done in Word.
I don't know a jack about the VBA aspect of Microsoft Word. Please can
anybody help me.

 

[Jezebel]

Depends what you're trying to do. If you're trying to achieve serious
security, forget it. Can't be done.

If you're just trying to 'guide' your users, write macros called FileSaveAs,
EditCopy, etc. Your macro will run in place of the built-in command. The
macro could do nothing at all, or it might display a message "command
disabled". (You can find the names by going to Tools > Macro > Macros and
selecting 'Word Commands' from the Macros In list -- in most cases the name
is the menu name plus the command name with no spaces.)

You can also remove the commands from the menus (right-click any menu and
drag the commands into oblivion). If you do this you should also re-assign
the equivalent keyboard shortcuts.


But I suggest you don't do any of this. You'll annoy your users, commit
yourself to a lot of support calls, and achieve nothing in particular with
regards to the documents you're trying to protect.