read-only command line switch

[Bgallen1975]

I am attempting to find a command line switch for Winword.exe that is similar
to the one I use to open excel documents in read-only. In excel, we use
"excel.exe /r filepath/document.xls" to prevent users from changing some
forms. I can't find a similar switch for winword -- which seems odd. I'm
looking for a command that would be as follows: winword.exe /readonlyswitch
filepath/word.doc

I'm currently using word 2003 & 2007

 

[Graham Mayor]

I'm afraid that will not stop users from changing the forms. It would take
them all of five minutes to work around it.
See http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm
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[Bgallen1975]

Given that you are right about the work around, that is not relevant to my
question. For our purposes, this works fine in excel, I'm just looking for a
similar switch in word. Does it exist?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Given that you are right about the work around, that is not relevant
to my question. For our purposes, this works fine in excel, I'm just
looking for a similar switch in word. Does it exist?

No

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