Locking a portion of a table

Hi Craig

If you have Word 2003, you can select the cells you want to allow to be
edited, and use Tools Protection to restrict editing, but allow exceptions
for your selected area.

In earlier versions of Word you can only allow or prevent editing by
section. So you could effectively allow editing of certain rows by breaking
up your table and putting continuous breaks between them.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Craig Wood" wrote in message
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I'm looking for the same answer.
Have you found a solution yet?


-----Original Message-----
Does anyone know if I can lock a portion of a table so
no one else can edit it?
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Is there a trick to getting this to work? I have tried=20
and it creates a section break for the entire row - which=20
is not what we want. One of the MVP's said that it's not=20
possible.

Melanie
-----Original Message-----
Hi JF,

Insert continuous section breaks just before and just=20
after the section of
the table you want to protect.
Then, from Tools Protect For forms, click on the=20
Sections button, check
the section(s) you want to lock up.
You can also use a password.

Two comments
1) It is very easy to defeat,
2) Some Word features will not be available once you=20
have a locked up
section (Header/Footer, Footnote, Bullets and Numbering=20
dialog, page
numbering, drawing...).
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP

Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org


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Does anyone know if I can lock a portion of a table so=20
no one else can
edit it?


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See the replies to your later thread on the same subject.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"melanie" wrote in message
...
Is there a trick to getting this to work? I have tried
and it creates a section break for the entire row - which
is not what we want. One of the MVP's said that it's not
possible.

Melanie
-----Original Message-----
Hi JF,

Insert continuous section breaks just before and just
after the section of
the table you want to protect.
Then, from Tools Protect For forms, click on the
Sections button, check
the section(s) you want to lock up.
You can also use a password.

Two comments
1) It is very easy to defeat,
2) Some Word features will not be available once you
have a locked up
section (Header/Footer, Footnote, Bullets and Numbering
dialog, page
numbering, drawing...).
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP

Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org


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Does anyone know if I can lock a portion of a table so
no one else can
edit it?


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