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Word 2007 Developer ribbon - protect document

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by tdgander

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This is the first semester the college has used Word 2007. Our instructors have hit a major problem using the Proctect Document function within the Developer ribbon. When they try to enforce the restrictions they set, the "Yes, Start Enforcing Protection" remains greyed out and will not activate. Has anyone run into this problem?

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by ekfox

...and I did the following. I'm not sure why it worked but it did, and I hope it does for you.

Make sure you are not in design mode when trying to protect the document (deselect design mode in the Developer tab of the Word ribbon).

If that doesn't work, make sure you are saving to a "Trusted Location". To make your folder trusted, choose the Macro Security button in the Developer tab of the ribbon, then choose Trusted Locations on the top left. Add the folder in which you're saving your document to the list of trusted locations.

If neither of those work, I don't know what to tell you.

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