Check box for sign off

Found that an intriguing possibility.  Just to see if I could make it happen, here's what I came up with that works when the user clicks the checkbox and hits a Tab to navigate out of the checkbox.

1. Insert Legacy checkbox form field. 

2. Create a macro similar to my cc3 macro below and replace the password 12345 with any password you like.

Sub cc3()
'
' cc3 Macro
'
'
        ActiveDocument.Unprotect
        ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="12345", NoReset:=False, Type:= _
        wdAllowOnlyReading, UseIRM:=False, EnforceStyleLock:=False

MsgBox ("You cannot make any more changes in this document")

End Sub

3. Right click on the checkbox and choose properties.  Insert the name of the macro into the exit macro area.

4. Protect the document to allow filling in of forms (I didn't use a password to unprotect at this point). 

5. Select all areas of the document you initially want to be editable and use the protect tab to create an exception to the protection.  Ideally, you do not want to include the paragraph that contains the checkbox and its accompanying text.

Result:  When the user checks the box the whole document becomes readonly and the checkbox is disabled. 

Thank you Carole.

Strange MS doesn't have this feature.

Where a button labled "I agree" could be added to a document.

And then the document is locked.

Like this?

Isn't using a MacroButton field kind of the same principle?  You still have to have the document protected to only allow filling in forms, and making exceptions to areas in the document that you want users to be able to edit?  And of course I didn't remind you earlier you would have to make the document macro enabled. 

Just discussing this with you; not making myself out to know the recommended way of accomplishing your goal.

So in the macro if you're using a checkbox and not macro button field, the first line of code would be code to type a tab, which worked for me.  The checkbox and the document are read only.

But I agree the macro button is better.