Protecting documents

[Harry]

Hi, I have an existing document to which I've added form fields. I am now
trying to protect the doc by going to Tools > Protect Document and selecting
the "filling in forms" option under "Editing restrictions". The problem is
that the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" button remains grayed-out.
Similarly, the padlock icon on the Forms toolbar is also grayed out.

I am however able to protect a newly created document so the problem seems
to exist only with the one existing doc.

Does anyone know why I can't lock this form? Is there a flag somewhere that
locks this out?

Thanks in advance,
Harry

 

[AmandaH]

I've had the problem before. I fixed it buy saving the document closing
it, reopening it and saying "YES" to the box that will appear
indicating that the document contains Marcos. This should fix the
problem.

~Amanda~

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Does the form include any ActiveX controls (from the Controls Toolbox)?

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

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[Harry]

Hi Amanda,
Thanks for the sugguestion but unfortunatly it didn't work...

Regards,
Harry

 

[Harry]

Hi Suzanne,
There doesn't appear to be but oddly enough each time I open the document
the "Control Toolbox" toolbar as well as another toolbar containing only the
"design" icon (depicting a drawing triangle, ruler, and pencil) and titled
"Ex" (toolbar is too small to display the entire word) appear.

For kicks I clicked the design icon and now the protection feature is
available. I checked to see if any macros were embedded in the doc but
there are none. Is there a possiblity that there's code and/or ActiveX
controls attached to something behind the scenes?

Thanks!
Harry