Protecting a document

Brucels,

Thank for this information, it is something that we will take into
consideration. But is there any other way like in word, one is able to create
a security password to lock a document. And that person with the security
password can from time to time update the doceument if needed.
--
Thank you for your assistance
JRM


"Brucels" wrote:

> It seems to be the general wisdom here that they only way to avoid other
> people's making changes to a document is to distribute it as a PDF. There are
> no guarantees, however, that any document is absolutely protected from
> changes.
>
> There are a number of freeware applications that install as printer drivers,
> so you "print" to a PDF.
>
> Bruce
>
> "JRM" wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how to protect a document once it has been created so that
> > no other user can make changes to the master document and only the creater of
> > the document can make needed changes?
> > --
> > Thank you for your assistance
> > JRM

Put the Publisher file in a zip and password protect the zip file.

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"JRM" <JRM DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Brucels,
>
> Thank for this information, it is something that we will take into
> consideration. But is there any other way like in word, one is able to create
> a security password to lock a document. And that person with the security
> password can from time to time update the doceument if needed.
> --
> Thank you for your assistance
> JRM
>
>
> "Brucels" wrote:
>
>> It seems to be the general wisdom here that they only way to avoid other
>> people's making changes to a document is to distribute it as a PDF. There are
>> no guarantees, however, that any document is absolutely protected from
>> changes.
>>
>> There are a number of freeware applications that install as printer drivers,
>> so you "print" to a PDF.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> "JRM" wrote:
>>
>> > Does anyone know how to protect a document once it has been created so that
>> > no other user can make changes to the master document and only the creater
>> > of
>> > the document can make needed changes?
>> > --
>> > Thank you for your assistance
>> > JRM

The OP must be able to trust his recipients. The recipients will be apprised
of the password and then the situation is the same as before it was placed
in the zip file. If all of the recipients are employees of the same company,
company policies and procedures should provide some protection.

One way to make it more difficult for the recipient to revise the document,
is to print it to hard copy, and then scan the document as images (not OCR).

"Mary Sauer" <mary-sauer.TakeThisOut@mycolumbus.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Put the Publisher file in a zip and password protect the zip file.
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://msauer.mvps.org/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
> "JRM" <JRM.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:35211ED0-0D7F-42D5-AFB5-6018BA4512E7@microsoft.com...
>> Brucels,
>>
>> Thank for this information, it is something that we will take into
>> consideration. But is there any other way like in word, one is able to
>> create
>> a security password to lock a document. And that person with the security
>> password can from time to time update the doceument if needed.
>> --
>> Thank you for your assistance
>> JRM
>>
>>
>> "Brucels" wrote:
>>
>>> It seems to be the general wisdom here that they only way to avoid other
>>> people's making changes to a document is to distribute it as a PDF.
>>> There are
>>> no guarantees, however, that any document is absolutely protected from
>>> changes.
>>>
>>> There are a number of freeware applications that install as printer
>>> drivers,
>>> so you "print" to a PDF.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> "JRM" wrote:
>>>
>>> > Does anyone know how to protect a document once it has been created so
>>> > that
>>> > no other user can make changes to the master document and only the
>>> > creater of
>>> > the document can make needed changes?
>>> > --
>>> > Thank you for your assistance
>>> > JRM
>
>