Unrestricted Access is a different kind of protection. Instead, you must
click on Restrict Formatting and Editing. In the pane that opens, click on
Stop Protection. For greater convenience, put the Protect/Unprotect button
(padlock icon and called Lock in the All Commands list) on your QAT.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"HBForsyth" wrote in message
...
Thanks for trying to help. I have done this. I can even see the Legacy
Forms palette, but I can't access anything on it. It is all grayed out.
I
seem to be "locked out" of nearly everything and it is so frustrating. I
have even set the Protect Forms to "unrestricted access". There must be
something really basic that I am missing. I can't change fonts, access
header/ footer-- practically the entire ribbon in any tab.

Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

To access the Legacy Forms tools, you must enable the Developer tab
(Office
Button | Word Options | Popular: Show the Developer tab in the Ribbon).
Unfortunately, the Legacy Forms palette has everything *except* the
Lock/Unlock button, but you can add this to your QAT through Customize.
Meanwhile, you can access the Protect Document pane from the Review tab
(also from the Developer tab).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"HBForsyth" wrote in message
...
I create form field forms for my department. Recently upgraded to
Office
2007. I can't seem to access many things in the "ribbon" in order to
unlock
the form and/or make any changes, access the header/ footer etc. I
have
spent hours trying to figure this out and have tried things I have seen
in
various forums to no avail.

Please help!


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