[mso] Problem with Protect Document feature

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

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