The best method is to add the Lock button to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Right-click on the toolbar and choose Customize. In the dialog, set
the category to All Commands. Scroll down and click on the Lock
command, then click the Add button in the middle of the dialog, and
click OK. You only have to do this once. From now on, lock and unlock
the form by just clicking once on the Lock button.
The other way is to go to the Review tab of the ribbon and click the
Protect Document button, which opens a pane. Check the box under
Editing Restrictions, choose "Filling in Forms" in the dropdown, and
click the Start Enforcing button. But this takes a lot more clicks
than the Lock button.
By the way, if you need to add or change fields on forms, you need to
display the Developer tab on the ribbon. To do that, go to Office
button > Word Options > Popular and check the third box. When you can
see the Developer tab, the form fields are on the Legacy Controls
button (fourth one in the second row of the Controls group).
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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