Word - TextBox in protected document

Hi

I have a document with two sections.  The upper section has shapes on it an=
d some controls that modify the shapes with VBA.  The lower part of the doc=
ument has a form on it and is protected for form editing only.  I added a c=
ontinuous section to separate the two sections of my form and have section =
2 that has the form selected in the document protection.

I also have a text box in the Header of the document that is being changed =
with VBA when the shapes in the first section change.  When I start protect=
ion on the document the text box in the header area is no longer editable.

I use the following code to change the text box in the header area.

ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Shapes(TITLE_TEXT=
_BOX_NAME).TextFrame.TextRange.Text =3D "some text"

When I protect the document applying protection to section 2 only this line=
of code generates an error saying the document is protected.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Sun Tea

Editing is limited in a protected document; this includes any unprotected
sections. You probably have to unprotect and reprotect the document, which you
can do in code, before you can add text to the header.

By the way, to which header in which section is the text box anchored?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Hi Stephen

Thank you so much for your reply.
Unprotecting the document with Code worked.

I am guessing the text box is in the header of the first section because th=
e code to change it is ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers ...

Basically what I have is a one page document with graphics and text boxes i=
n the header and footer.  I have the body of the of the document divided in=
to two sections; one for displaying sets of shapes and one for a User Form.

Some of the shapes I have in the first section are in the story area (I thi=
nk that is what it is called, the header type area behind the section) of t=
he first section and the VBA code changes those shapes and text boxes just =
fine without unprotecting the document.  It was just the text box in the he=
ader of the page/document that was being affected by the document protectio=
n.

Also I would very much like to protect the header, footer, and story areas =
of the document so they can not be accessed by the user. Is there any way o=
f doing that?

Thanks and Best Regards

Sun Tea

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Are the headers unlinked? Otherwise, you have the same text box in both
sections, and that is probably what is causing the error message.

I am not sure what you mean by "story area"; usually, the space for ordinary text
is called the "main body" and other areas, such as headers and footers, are
referred to as "story ranges" (at least that is the terminology in Word VBA).

Document protection should prevent users from changing content. Whenever you
want to enforce changes, using a macro that unprotects and reprotects the
document should work. In fact, that is the way it is done in a macro that enables
spell-checking in a protected document:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/SpellcheckProtectDoc.htm.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Yeah the using VBA to unprotect/protect worked to change the data in the te=
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te the two sections in the document.  The header area is being used to stor=
e data, graphics, and shapes and it extends the entire document to the foot=
er.  I had no trouble changing some of the shapes lines etc in the header a=
rea just the text box was giving me trouble.

Thanks so much for you help.  Now also I see that the header/footer area is=
also not protected against editing.

Best Regards

Sun Tea



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Thanks

Sun Tea

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Thanks for your help.

Sun Tea


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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP