Read only Word 2002 documents

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Hello,

Can anyone tell me how I make a word document read only, so that it can be
opened by the person I am sending it to, without a password, but they cannot
change anything in the document, just read and print it ? Is is possible to
do that ?

Many thanks

Jeanette Joyce
 
It's possible to do this (but I don't know the exact details of it) but it's
a futile attempt.

All you've gotta do is open the read-only document, select the Edit menu,
then Select All, then Copy. Open a new document and paste the contents into
it and name it the same and viola! The effort was futile.

You could invest in a program that'll convert Word documents to PDF files -
most folks don't have the knowledge for that.
 
Waste of time.

Prompt to open a file as read-only
You can suggest, but not require, that users open a document as read-only.
If a user opens the document as read-only and changes it, that person can
save the document only by giving it a different file name.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click Security.
3. Select the Read-only recommended check box, and then click OK.
4. Click Save.

Prompt to open a file as read-only
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP051860911033.aspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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daveswifeJJ said:
Hello,

Can anyone tell me how I make a word document read only, so that it can be
opened by the person I am sending it to, without a password, but they
cannot
change anything in the document, just read and print it ? Is is possible
to
do that ?

Many thanks

Jeanette Joyce
Click to expand...

I'd agree that this using Word is not the best way to reach the goal of a
view & print-only document. You are better off converting it to a
non-editable format, such as an Acrobat document (.pdf). You should be
able to test this with an online service like this:

http://www.gohtm.com/

If it works for you, you might consider purchasing Acrobat or one of the
other pdf conversion utilities.

There *are* utilities to help convert .pdf files to text, just as there are
OCR programs for scanned images and faxes.

HTH
-pk
 
Patrick said:
I'd agree that this using Word is not the best way to reach the goal of a
view & print-only document. You are better off converting it to a
non-editable format, such as an Acrobat document (.pdf). You should be
able to test this with an online service like this:

http://www.gohtm.com/

If it works for you, you might consider purchasing Acrobat or one of the
other pdf conversion utilities.

There *are* utilities to help convert .pdf files to text, just as there are
OCR programs for scanned images and faxes.

HTH
-pk
Click to expand...
To add to Patrick's response, if you want to try PDF you can download
and use a freeware program called CutePDF Writer. Find it at:

http://www.cutepdf.com/

gls858
 
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