This is what Jim Ellsworth posted and it worked great. That is actually pretty common. I come across it a lot and here is how to turn it off so it will not bother you again. Alt+f to go to file Up arrow to options and press enter Press the letter until you find trust center Tab until you hear Microsoft trust center, trust center settings and press enter. Press the letter p for protected sview Tab once and uncheck the box for enable protected view from the internet Tab twice more and uncheck the box for enable protected view for Outlook attachments Press enter right there, or tab to OK and press enter if you prefer Tab once more to a second OK button and press enter and you are finally finished Now you should never be bothered by protected Word documents again. Thanks, Jim Ellsworth -----Original Message----- From: Jose Lopez Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 12:39 AM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Unprotecting Documents Plz send them to me also? However for those of us that get lost while making changes, or have seenyer moments, the Microsoft disiblity team rocks. -----Original Message----- From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrea Breier Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 12:24 PM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Unprotecting Documents Yes this would be great, as any other setup instruction for outlook or their hotkeys. Smile. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:27 PM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Unprotecting Documents The steps I sent will work for 2010. I think that's probably what you have. Just a note, there is a way to go into your Outlook settings and have it not protect attachments from individuals that you know and trust. If you want those steps, let me know. It may take me a day or two to get them written up and sent your way as it is really busy here right now. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darla J. Rogers Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 1:35 PM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Unprotecting Documents Someone sent, at one time, the way to do this-which I have-but all my settings in Word are as per the post; does the version of Word make a difference? I am using MSWord 2010 with JAWS last build before JAWS 16. Darla Really irritated with this "protected document" mess Darla J. Rogers M.S. Djrogers0628@xxxxxxxxx To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes