Start enforcing protection greyed out

I found the message below that appears to be the same question I have. I'm
not using any Active X controls and the option is still greyed out. I tried
to find Doug's answer to Rita in another post, but couldn't. Can you help?

Jaime

Subject: Protect Document 2007 7/6/2009 6:53 PM PST

By: Rita In: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement


Stefan, I have no Active X controls in my form but it is still greyed out..
any other suggestions

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you added ActiveX controls to your form, Word will
automatically switch to Design mode as a security measure; this is why the
button is greyed out. Make sure that you only use form fields or content
controls in your form.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"L. Roper" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a form in Word 2007 and when I go to protect the
document, the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button is grayed out. Help,
I
am ready to pull my hair out. How do I get this to work?

Thank you,

If the document that you are trying to protect is a mail merge main
document, you will not be able to do it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Jaime" wrote in message
...
I found the message below that appears to be the same question I have. I'm
not using any Active X controls and the option is still greyed out. I
tried
to find Doug's answer to Rita in another post, but couldn't. Can you
help?

Jaime

Subject: Protect Document 2007 7/6/2009 6:53 PM PST

By: Rita In: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement


Stefan, I have no Active X controls in my form but it is still greyed
out..
any other suggestions

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you added ActiveX controls to your form, Word will
automatically switch to Design mode as a security measure; this is why
the
button is greyed out. Make sure that you only use form fields or content
controls in your form.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"L. Roper" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a form in Word 2007 and when I go to protect the
document, the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button is grayed out.
Help,
I
am ready to pull my hair out. How do I get this to work?

Thank you,

It's not a mail merge document. Forgot to say I was in Access 2007, if that
makes a difference. Any other ideas? This is my first time working with
fill-in forms and it's frustrating. I worked through a tutorial which
included creating text fill-ins, numeric fill-ins, and drop-down fill-ins. I
wondered if any of those were Active X, but based on another message I saw
here I figured they weren't, since I inserted them from the Legacy option.
Even so, I deleted the fill-in fields and even then, the start enforcing
protection option was greyed out. Maybe because there weren't any fields?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

If the document that you are trying to protect is a mail merge main
document, you will not be able to do it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Jaime" wrote in message
...
I found the message below that appears to be the same question I have. I'm
not using any Active X controls and the option is still greyed out. I
tried
to find Doug's answer to Rita in another post, but couldn't. Can you
help?

Jaime

Subject: Protect Document 2007 7/6/2009 6:53 PM PST

By: Rita In: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement


Stefan, I have no Active X controls in my form but it is still greyed
out..
any other suggestions

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you added ActiveX controls to your form, Word will
automatically switch to Design mode as a security measure; this is why
the
button is greyed out. Make sure that you only use form fields or content
controls in your form.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"L. Roper" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a form in Word 2007 and when I go to protect the
document, the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button is grayed out.
Help,
I
am ready to pull my hair out. How do I get this to work?

Thank you,

Did you check the Mailings tab, Start Mail Merge and verify it indicates
it's a "Normal Word Document"?

~Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

"Jaime" wrote in message
...

It's not a mail merge document. Forgot to say I was in Access 2007, if
that
makes a difference. Any other ideas? This is my first time working with
fill-in forms and it's frustrating. I worked through a tutorial which
included creating text fill-ins, numeric fill-ins, and drop-down fill-ins.
I
wondered if any of those were Active X, but based on another message I saw
here I figured they weren't, since I inserted them from the Legacy option.
Even so, I deleted the fill-in fields and even then, the start enforcing
protection option was greyed out. Maybe because there weren't any fields?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

If the document that you are trying to protect is a mail merge main
document, you will not be able to do it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Jaime" wrote in message
...
I found the message below that appears to be the same question I have.
I'm
not using any Active X controls and the option is still greyed out. I
tried
to find Doug's answer to Rita in another post, but couldn't. Can you
help?

Jaime

Subject: Protect Document 2007 7/6/2009 6:53 PM PST

By: Rita In: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement


Stefan, I have no Active X controls in my form but it is still greyed
out..
any other suggestions

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you added ActiveX controls to your form, Word will
automatically switch to Design mode as a security measure; this is why
the
button is greyed out. Make sure that you only use form fields or
content
controls in your form.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"L. Roper" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a form in Word 2007 and when I go to protect
the
document, the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button is grayed out.
Help,
I
am ready to pull my hair out. How do I get this to work?

Thank you,

Assuming that you have inserted only "Legacy Forms" (the top row of items
under Developer tab | Legacy Tools), there should be no ActiveX controls in
your document.

In the Restrict Formatting and Editing pane, did you remember to select
"Allow only this type of editing in the document" and then to choose the
"Filling in forms" option?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Jaime" wrote in message
...

It's not a mail merge document. Forgot to say I was in Access 2007, if
that
makes a difference. Any other ideas? This is my first time working with
fill-in forms and it's frustrating. I worked through a tutorial which
included creating text fill-ins, numeric fill-ins, and drop-down fill-ins.
I
wondered if any of those were Active X, but based on another message I saw
here I figured they weren't, since I inserted them from the Legacy option.
Even so, I deleted the fill-in fields and even then, the start enforcing
protection option was greyed out. Maybe because there weren't any fields?

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

If the document that you are trying to protect is a mail merge main
document, you will not be able to do it.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"Jaime" wrote in message
...
I found the message below that appears to be the same question I have.
I'm
not using any Active X controls and the option is still greyed out. I
tried
to find Doug's answer to Rita in another post, but couldn't. Can you
help?

Jaime

Subject: Protect Document 2007 7/6/2009 6:53 PM PST

By: Rita In: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement


Stefan, I have no Active X controls in my form but it is still greyed
out..
any other suggestions

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you added ActiveX controls to your form, Word will
automatically switch to Design mode as a security measure; this is why
the
button is greyed out. Make sure that you only use form fields or
content
controls in your form.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"L. Roper" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a form in Word 2007 and when I go to protect
the
document, the Yes, Start Enforcing Protection button is grayed out.
Help,
I
am ready to pull my hair out. How do I get this to work?

Thank you,