Lock doc like Lock spreadsheet

[rwillet]

We send out WORD typed contracts via email. We would
like to LOCK the document like we LOCK a spreadsheet so
no changes can be made before it is printed.

If you saveas a protected document under a new name, it
will allow you to make changes. No so in Excel.

Is there a function I can use to do this?

 

[Guest]

If you go to Tools->Protect Document in Word, it will keep you from making any changes to the document (depending on Protection selection). Even if you go to Save As and save it with a new name, you still will not be able to edit it. Is that what you want?

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
If you go to Tools->Protect Document in Word, it will

keep you from making any changes to the document
(depending on Protection selection). Even if you go to
Save As and save it with a new name, you still will not
be able to edit it. Is that what you want?

.
Yes. However, Tools-Protect Document gives me Tracked

Changes,Comments,Forms. Which do I select to keep any
changes from being made?

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----

keep you from making any changes to the document
(depending on Protection selection). Even if you go to
Save As and save it with a new name, you still will not
be able to edit it. Is that what you want?
Changes,Comments,Forms. Which do I select to keep any
changes from being made?
.
I just tested the Tools-Protect, Comments and it WORKS!

Thank you so much.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Forms is what Nick is referring to, but this protection is also easily
defeated, as all you have to do is insert the file into a new document to
remove the protection. A PDF is a better choice.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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