Protecting parts of a Word Template

Question

How do I protect parts of a Word template?

Answer

You can add protection to individual content controls in a template to help prevent someone from deleting or editing a particular content control or group of controls

1. Select the content controls or the group of controls to which you want to restrict changes
2. On the Developer tab, in the Controls group, click Properties
3. In the Content Control Properties dialog box, under Locking, do any of the following:
   1. Select the Content control cannot be deleted check box, which allows the content of the control to be edited but the control itself cannot be deleted from the template or a document that is based on the template.
   2. Select the Contents cannot be edited checkbox, which allows you to delete the control but does not allow you to edit the content in the control.  Use this setting when you want to protect text if it is included.  For example, if you often include a disclaimer, you can help ensure that the text stays the same, and you can delete the disclaimer for documents that don't require it.

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