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Bullet points and protecting a document
The way our current templates are set up is restricting the use of bullet points. Only if we unprotect the document are we able to use them.
Do you know if there is a way around this problem? We
RE: Bullet points and protecting a document
Hi Clare
Thank you for your question.
You should be able to do this if you set up the bullets so they are in their own section in the document; then apply protection using the Form option.
To do this:
1. Insert one continous section break immediately above the bulleted list; and another immediately underneath the bulleted list.
2. Go to Tools - Protect Document.
3. Select the Forms option.
4. Click the Sections... button next to the Forms option.
5. Untick the Section that the bullet points are in (probably section 2 if you have no other types of sections breaks apart from the continuous section breaks inserted in step 1).
6. Enter a password if you wish.
7. Click OK.
Protection is applied automatically to sections surrounding the bullet points, but you should be able to edit the bullet points themselves.
I hope this helps. I've attached an example for you to look at - it will help if you have your Show/Hide button turned on when you look at it so you can see the section breaks.
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bulleting protection.docRE: Bullet points and protecting a document
Thank you Amanda, the problem is that this is for our office templates so we will not know where people will be putting the bullet points. Is there a way of allowing bullet points to be used anywhere in the document yet protecting the document so that the header/footer/date space cannot be changed.
Clare
RE: Bullet points and protecting a document
Hi Clare
If it is the header/footer area only that you wish to protect then you can apply the same idea of using sections and then applying form protection.
Here's what you do:
1. Set up your header and footer as required, and close the header/footer.
2. Insert a continuous section break in the first line of the document (Insert > Break > Continuous > OK).
3. Go to Tools > Protect Document and select the Forms option.
4. Click the Sections...button and untick Section 2. Click OK.
5. Set a password if desired, click OK.
I hope this helps.
Amanda
