• Restrict Editing Word 2010
• Enable Restrict Editing In Word

What type of controls did you use on the form. If you used Content Controls, rather than using the Restrict Editing for Filling in Forms (which is only meant for use with Legacy FormFields), you should use the Grouping facility in the Controls section ofthe Developer tab of the ribbon to prevent the text in the document from being edited.On the other hand, if you did use Legacy FormFields.

How to Protect Documents with Editing Restrictions in Word 2016-2007. Want to lock a document so that it cannot be edited without the password? There are a few options to protect a Word document to help prevent it from being changed or edited.

Restrict Editing Word 2010

Enable Restrict Editing In Word

Make sure that in the Properties dialog for the problem FormField that the 'Fill-in Enabled' box is checked.Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com Screen shots by Snagit from www.techsmith.com.