protecting forms/insert graphis

[Cathal Ó Domhnaill]

All, I note a post below regarding 1/2 protection of a form. I have a
similar problem, only I want to allow users to insert graphics and equations
in a non-protected area of the form. So my question:

(i) is it possible to enable the "insert" command [particularly paste] while
a form is protected?

(ii) if a form is fully protected, can graphics etc. be included through the
paste function, or am I limited to typed text only?

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thanks, cathal..

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Cathal,

Unfortunately, you don't mention which version of Word you have, so what I see
on my installation may not match what you have...

I have a
similar problem, only I want to allow users to insert graphics and equations
in a non-protected area of the form. So my question:

(i) is it possible to enable the "insert" command [particularly paste] while
a form is protected?

You can use copy/paste, as well as Insert/Picture when the cursor is in an
unprotected section of the form. But you can't use the Drawing tools, or any
option that would require the picture to have any textwrap formatting.

If the picture you've inserted or pasted has text wrap formatting, then you
will have no control over it once it's been placed in the document. The
"drawing level" of a Word document is NOT accessible in a document protected
as a form (even in unprotected sections)

(ii) if a form is fully protected, can graphics etc. be included through the
paste function, or am I limited to typed text only?

No, graphics cannot be inserted when the focus is in a protected section of a
form (and if all sections are protected, then not at all).

The only way you can use graphics in such a case would be a macro interface
that takes care of unprotect, insertion/formatting, then reprotects.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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