Protect Word 2003 letterhead template but allow merging in body

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I have several letterhead with logo/addresses to protect. But the users need
to format the body to their needs, such as various bottom margin lengths,
inserting text box, and merging. I have tried pretty much everything. All I
want is the logo/addresses to be protected from changes. Help would be much
appreciated.
 
Thanks Doug. I'll try it out. It seems to me though that using the header
means that staff would then be unable to use the header if they have more
than one page to their document.
 
That would be true if you use the macro in that article without any changes.
But if your template has the Different First Page option checked in File >
Page Setup, and if you then change

Case wdEvenPagesFooterStory, wdEvenPagesHeaderStory, _
wdFirstPageFooterStory, wdFirstPageHeaderStory, _
wdPrimaryFooterStory, wdPrimaryHeaderStory

to this:

Case wdFirstPageFooterStory, wdFirstPageHeaderStory

then the users will be locked out of only the first-page header and footer.
All other headers and footers will behave normally.

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Jay Freedman
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I believe that protecting even part of a document would lock users out of
Page Setup. Just putting the letterhead in the header will protect it from
inadvertent change (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm);
if you have a problem with malicious tampering, then you have a personnel
problem, not a Word issue.

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

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Suzanne said:
if you have a
problem with malicious tampering, then you have a personnel problem,
not a Word issue.
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I agree entirely. There really is no point trying to do this. The casual
protection provided by the header view will be quite sufficient to avoid
accidental changes.
 
Thank you everyone. I will try out your suggestions on my project as soon as
I can. I was hoping that I could just simply use the 'protect' option as I
have to show other staff in my branch how to do this as well. Also, it's not
that someone would deliberately change the letterhead to be malicious, but
there are certain standards that my government has set up. In the past,
people have changed fonts/sizes to their own preferences, or the size of the
gov't logo. Thanks again. I'll let you know how it turns out for me.
 
Hi Doug. Unfortunately, unless I'm desparately missing something, the VB
piece doesn't appear to be working for me. With the password set, the user
still cannot insert a text box or merge the document (two primary
complaints). It seems very unusual for something that should be very simple
and common to implement to be so frustrating and infuriating. And, I will bet
dollars to donuts that there are very few people that format using the
stylesheet, so restricting this area seems pointless. bah humbug!!
 
Hi Jay -- also tried replacing the code per your suggestion. Tried the
document unprotected -- header changes could be made. Reprotected the
document -- header changes could not be made, BUT merge and text box were
inaccessible.
 
I wouldn't say staff are malicious. In most cases, they just want to add a
manager's name because they were told to or change the approved address
format (address, city, province, postal code on one line to city, province,
postal code on the 2nd line) thinking it's the way they would do it.
Unfortunately, the staff $$ in my researching this problem vs just leaving
logo/address in the header and unprotected just isn't worth it.
 
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