I'm trying to use MS Word's Protect Document feature and find that it's not working. I edit large documents and then send them to authors for their review. I want to be able to lock the document so authors can review with tracking on but not make changes I'm not aware of. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but when I "protect the document" (using Word 2002), even with a password, and then copy the file to a CD and move it to my laptop to open (as if I'm an author), I find that all I have to do is click a little box under "Review" then "protect" that says "stop protection" (in Word 2007 -- free 60-day trial) and it just gets rid of the protection -- no asking for a password or anything, even though the "Help" instructions says, in black and white, "To let only authorized reviewers unprotect the document, type a password in the Password box." I did this. When I open the file on my laptop, it doesn't ask for a password, it just unprotects the document and I can do whatever I want on the laptop. And I'm totally perplexed with this goofy thing. My husband says he's heard of people having problems with this feature. So he sends PDFs when he doesn't want someone to change something. But that's not going to work for my authors -- I'm trying to come up with a plan for the next project. I'd appreciate any advice to resolve this problem. Thanks much, Diane ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************