Lock/password protect formfields

[rachitm]

Is there a way to lock/password protect formfields so that no more
information can be added/changed?

All help is appreciated

 

[Bear]

You could unlink the field -- rendering it plain text.

Or you could toggle the Enabled property to False.

Bear

 

[rachitm]

Plain text would not help. If I toggle the enabled property to False,
it erases what currently exists in the form field

Would you know of anyway via which I could lock it so that when I send
the document to the end user he/she cannot change the information that
exists in the locked cells?

 

[Bear]

Rachitm:

In Word 2000, when I execute this statement from the immediate window, the
field value is not reset, but the field is "locked" in the sense that the
insertion point can't be positioned in it.

activedocument.FormFields("Text1").Enabled = False

You are talking about a VBA solution, aren't you?

Bear