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Restricting the options tab in MS Word 2010

I work in a school and would like to restrict students from being able to access the 'options' button on the file menu. Is it possible by using a macro - or something similar - to set a password to restrict access to this? The computers are running XP and W7 and in a workgroup non domain environment.

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Options-tab.pdf

jcimarron

mistakay--These references will help you block editing of Word documents
http://www.addictivetips.com/microsoft-office/restrict-editing-to-secure-word-2010-document/

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/information-rights-management-in-office-2010-HA010354260.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/protect-your-document-workbook-or-presentation-with-passwords-permission-and-other-restrictions-HA010354324.aspx

mistakay

ASKER

jcimarron, thank you for your suggestions, but by saying "These references will help you block editing of Word documents" misses the point of my question. I know that individual Word documents can be protected via a password, but I want to be able to stop students from hitting 'File', 'Options' and then altering the global Word settings eg default save path.

jcimarron

mistakay--i did understand what you wanted, but I am not aware there is a way to do it.

mistakay

ASKER

Would anyone else be able to offer a solution?

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jcimarron

mistakay--Thanks for telling us the fix.

mistakay

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It took me a lot of searching on the Internet to seek out the answer to the qurstion and when I eventually found the answer, the solution worked really well.