Unprotect document in Word 2007 that was protected in 2003 version

[TechinCC]

We have several documents with fields that were protected so that you could
only fill in the fields with Word 2003. If you open the document with Word
2007, you can not turn off the protection. I tried under both the review
tab, protect document and under Prepare - Restrict Permission. The document
shows as unrestricted, but is actually protected. What's worse, the previous
markups show and can not been turned off because the document is protected.

Opening it in Word 2003, protect can be turned off and the comments hidden
by doing Final without markup.

 

[Beth Melton]

It's on the Review tab and Protect Document. But, when you click Protect
Document, click Restrict Formatting and Editing, not Restrict Permission.
The latter is for Information Rights Management (IRM) and is a different
form of document protection.

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[TechinCC]

That was my issue, I didn't realize that opened a "second" pane, that
allowed you to stop the protection.

thank you.

 

[Beth Melton]

You're welcome. Glad to hear you found the option you were looking for.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/