The documents we are creating contain information that we do not want changed and saved. As a result we are protecting the form fields from changes.

These documents are distributed for reference, and the recipients need the ability to search the documents for words of interest. Since this feature is disabled when the document is protected, we may need to distribute them unprotected and risk them being modified and overwritten.

"Beth Melton" wrote:

No, not really.

Perhaps you can expand on what you are trying to do and we can provide some alternate suggestions.

For example you can use a macro unprotect the document and use Find, however the Find dialog box is modeless and the user can still click back in the document and made modifications, you could also utilize section breaks and protect portions of your document, there are a number of possibilities. But more information is needed. :-)
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"tdtoolman" wrote:

We have created a template/form with text boxes and form fields. To prevent accidental changes to the documents, we are applying protection [forms]. However, after protecting the document, the Edit - Find command is not available. I know that this is something Microsoft chose to do, but is there a way to enable certain menu items when protecting a document. Thank you in advance for your assistance.