Upgraded to 2007 and now I can't unprotect my documents

[LoniJ]

I have several documents that have form fields on them. After upgrading to
2007, I can't unprotect any of the documents for editing. Is there a way to
do this or do I have to rebuild everything?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have several documents that have form fields on them. After upgrading to
2007, I can't unprotect any of the documents for editing. Is there a way to
do this or do I have to rebuild everything?

In Word 2007, click the Protect Document button on the Review ribbon
to open the Restrict Formatting and Editing pane. Click the Stop
Protection button at the bottom, and supply the password if there is
one.

A quicker way is to add the Lock icon to the Quick Access Toolbar. In
the Office button > Word Options > Customize dialog, set the category
to Commands Not in the Ribbon to find the Lock command.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You may find http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Classic Form Controls.htm a
useful addition if you want to work with forms in Word 2007. It adds the
familiar commands from the Word 2003 forms toolbar.

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[Beth Melton]

How are you trying to unprotect the document? Are you using the Review (or
Developer) tab and the Protect Document command? If so, if when clicking the
Protect Document button you see a list of choices, use the "Restrict Editing
and Formatting" command.

Note the options under the Restrict Permission section are for protecting
documents using Information Rights Management (IRM) which is included in
three editions of Office 2007. Those editions are Pro Plus, Enterprise, and
Ultimate. If you don't have one of these editions then when you click
Protect Document it opens the "Restrict Editing and Formatting" task pane
directly.

~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP