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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill on 6 Apr 2010 13:00
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" <HBForsyth(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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" <HBForsyth(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4BDD0D0C-AA9B-4E5B-A632-BE4B7E4DD6E1(a)microsoft.com...
>> >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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