Protecting a Word document that contains an Excel table

[Marie FP]

I am working with a Word document that contains an Excel table. The document
is set up as a form and is password-protected. Protecting the document
causes the entire Excel table to be protected so that no information can be
entered in it. Is there a way to password-protect the document that will
still allow the user to enter information in the Excel table?

Thank you in advance,
Marie

 

[PJY]

Yes, add a section break before the Excel table (or wherever you want to be
able to edit), then another section break after the area you want to be able
to edit. Now go to tools, Protect document and in selection #2 go to select
sections, then uncheck the section containing your Excel table. Now when you
turn the protection back on you will be able to work on that section.

 

[Marie FP]

Thank you, PJY. At first I gave this a try, but it didn't work, so I
recreated the table, inserted it as an object, and it worked then. I'm not
sure if the Excel table that was already in the document was an object or not
because, when I clicked on it, the table's borders became surrounded by blank
circles. Conversely, when I clicked on my new table, its borders became
surrounded by solid sqaures. I'm curious to know if you (or anyone out
there) would know what the Excel table with the blank circles might have been?
-Marie