If you need free editing, then a protected form is unlikely to be a suitable
vehicle.

What is it that you need to do with the bookmarks and header/footer that
requires the form to be unprotected?

Investigate userforms instead. For the basics, see Word MVP FAQ - Userforms
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm

for a more in depth explanation, see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and...a_UserForm.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Barbara" wrote in message
...
Is there a way to put a dropdown list in a table in a template without
protecting the section? Currently I have the sections with the tables
protected but that is causing issues in other areas; i.e., you have to
unprotect to use bookmarks and edit the header/footer. This is challenging
for those who don't use Word very often.

I checked Greg's page and only saw the dynamically linked dropdowns which
I
don't need.

Thanks,
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Barbara R