If we do, they will happily use it without unwanted changes. User wants and needs, and produce a solution that works the way the user It is up to you and I to fully research what the Work TRYING to do a bad job.' If you make 'the right way' the easy way, Instead, I suggest that you work on the philosophy that 'No user came to Very difficult for users to change things. Of course, there are ways that you as the solution developer can make it Word on the rule that 'If they can see it, they can change it.' There is no application that prevents a user changing things if they really In Word 2008, anything containing VBA code Depending on how complex they are, they may work perfectly, or the Templates created in Word 2004 are an utter lottery in newer versions of The area of a document, they can change anything in that area.' Generally, the answer to all of your questions is 'No. Thirdly, if I create such a template in Word 2004 on a Mac, how will it hold up when used by PC users running newer versions of Word?įinally, if none of this is possible in Word, can anyone suggest an alternative application in Office that could handle this. Secondly, would it be possible to create an area in Word that is reserved for a company logo, so that a user can insert their logo into this area, but again cannot edit the size or position of the area in which the logo sits? And would it be possible for such an area to only accept the insertion of an image file (jpeg, gif etc)?

My first thought was to use a text box, but can text boxes be 'locked' in Word? So that neither their position, size, shading etc can be edited, but a user can still type information into the text box? Users can access this area and type in their address, but they can't change the position of the area, or the size of the area. I'm creating a set of Word templates that require some very specific features, and I have no idea how to achieve what I want, or if it's even possible.įirstly, is it possible to create areas in Word that can be edited by a user, but there position and size are non-editable?įor example, imagine you're creating a letter template, and you want an area at the top right of the template reserved for the address details.

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