Lock down file so it can ONLY be opened from network?

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Kevin

For security purposes, we have files that cannot leave the company network.

Is there a property I can set so the file can only be opened from a single
location?

Or, can I create a macro that would accomplish the same thing?

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Kevin
 
It can be done by an AutoOpen macro that would check the file's path and
shut down if it wasn't the correct network location. Problem is, the same
network location can be referenced in any number of ways:
\\server\share\folder\mydoc.doc
G:\folder\mydoc.doc (if user has G: mapped to \\server\share)
H:\mydoc.doc (if user has H: mapped to \\server\share\folder)

-TedMi
 
If you're relying on Word macros for any sort of security... DON'T. It's an
absolutely trivial matter to open any macro-containing document while
preventing the macro from running. That's by design, so that virus macros
can be avoided.

The use of any sort of macro for this will work only as long as your users
are willing to cooperate.

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If you allow anyone to open a document, you immediately lose control over
it. The only way to enforce this is to use document management in some form
so that you know who has had access and make it an employment condition that
the documents are not removed, with severe sanctions against those who do.

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