Protected / Restricted Data

[Arbab]

Few Days ago I get a form, hereinafter referred to as the “Said Formâ€,
designed on MsWords through E-Mail. Which I had to fill but there was
problem. Sender commit a mistake in that said form he restrict whole data and
tables present in Said Form then I take a print out of it and started filling
it manually, suddenly I get a trick in my mind mentioned as under:

1. I opened that E-mail and save the said form on desktop.
2. I right click on the said form, then click “Open withâ€
3. I Select Word Pad.
4. I save as said form with another name.
5. I close that form and open it on MsWord
6. I filled that form through computer because there were no restrictions.
Note: You can find word Pad in the menu of Accessories placed on the Start
Menu of Windows XP.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Arbab,

I'm not sure exactly what your question is, but I can remark on the behavior you
describe...

Forms protection is not a "hard protection", it's more a matter of convenience.
Saving a *.doc file to another file format, or using Word's internal Insert/File
command, will remove any protection/restrictions. This is by design, and it has
been like this since Forms were introduced in version 6.0, back in 1993.

As WordPad's file format is in reality RTF, not Word's *.doc binary file format,
saving the document in WordPad causes a loss of forms protection.

Few Days ago I get a form, hereinafter referred to as the “Said Formâ€,
designed on MsWords through E-Mail. Which I had to fill but there was
problem. Sender commit a mistake in that said form he restrict whole data and
tables present in Said Form then I take a print out of it and started filling
it manually, suddenly I get a trick in my mind mentioned as under:

1. I opened that E-mail and save the said form on desktop.
2. I right click on the said form, then click “Open withâ€
3. I Select Word Pad.
4. I save as said form with another name.
5. I close that form and open it on MsWord
6. I filled that form through computer because there were no restrictions.
Note: You can find word Pad in the menu of Accessories placed on the Start
Menu of Windows XP.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail

 

[Arbab]

Yes Dear Your are right but I didn't ask any question I was just sharing my
trick can you see any question mark?

and i realy appreciate you reply and information posted about words and
wordpad
Arbab

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QXJiYWI=?=,

I didn't ask any question I was just sharing my
trick

As the newsgroups are primarily a place to ask and answer
questions it would be helpful if you mention this in the
message. (It may be visible in the web interface whether
something is a question, or not, but many people do not use
the web interface to work in the newsgroups. For those
people, the icons and their meaning are not visible.)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any
follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail

 

[Arbab]

sorry dear i always remeber that

Arbab

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QXJiYWI=?=,

As the newsgroups are primarily a place to ask and answer
questions it would be helpful if you mention this in the
message. (It may be visible in the web interface whether
something is a question, or not, but many people do not use
the web interface to work in the newsgroups. For those
people, the icons and their meaning are not visible.)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update
Jun 17 2005)


This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any
follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Arbab,

sorry dear

I feel I should also mention that the use of "dear" is not
really appropriate when addressing people with whom you are
not on intimate terms It's fine at the beginning of a
letter (Dear Ms. Meister), but should otherwise only be
used by parents adressing their child, or by a married
person to their spouse. If you want to express extreme
politeness, "sir" is appropriate when addressing men and
"ma'am" when addressing women, or an honorific plus the
surname (Mr. Jones for men, Ms. Smith for women).

But the newsgroups tend to be very informal, so it's quite
alright to not use any of the above

Cindy Meister