Hi all Am dabbling for the first time in the delights of Word (2002 SP3) dropdown boxes, check boxes etc - but am getting stuck as the option to protect my form is greyed out. I don't think I've done anything particularly stupid - or at least no more stupid than usual - but I can't find out what might be still missing that's stopping my template working. In desperation, I copied the contents across to a new template and all of a sudden the option to protect came back, but it would be great to know what might have caused the original not to be offering me the choice so that I don't make the same error again. Thanks in anticipation. Anne ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************