Word 2007 Forms

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The_Best_is_Simple

In Word 2003 it was a simple toggle of the lock to protect and unprodect a
form doument.

I need to update a form I created in Word 2003. When I click the Document
Protect button, the panel says that the document is protected from
unintentional editting. I tried the Stop Protection button, but it requires a
password, which I don't have, since I never password protected the file.

What's the missing trick for updating a legacy form in 2007?
 
J

Jay Freedman

You can add the Lock icon to the Quick Access Toolbar by going into
the Customize dialog and looking in the category Commands Not In the
Ribbon.

But that won't help if the form protection has somehow acquired an
unknown password (or at least it thinks it has). You'd get the same
popup from the Lock icon that you get from the task pane.

Fortunately, form protection passwords are easy to remove. Open a new
blank document and use Insert > Object > Text From File to insert the
text of the form document into it. See the illustrated instructions at
http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm, in the section "Alternative
method".

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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