Is there a way to remove the Copy command from a Word document?

[Guest]

If this is possible at all, how would I go about doing this? Thanks in
advnace. A.

 

[Doug Robbins]

Create the following macro

Sub EditCopy()
MsgBox "Copying Prohibited"
End Sub

Not very secure

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Beth Melton]

If you are trying to prevent users from coping the document content
then the only secure method of preventing this is if you are using
Word 2003 and IRM.

If you aren't using Word 2003 then your best bet is to use a PDF
format. All but IRM in Word can be easily by-passed.

For example the macro Doug provided may or may not actually run
depending on the user's macro security. By default it is set to High
which prevents macros from running. So if you are sending the document
out most Word users will be able to copy the document content since
the macro will not run.

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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