Lock a section of a word document without locking all headers & Footers

Hi,

I am in the process of creating documents (using Word 2013) where there is a section of text that I am trying to lock from editing.

So far i have put the text i want locking into a separate section using continuous section breaks.

I have then locked the selected that section using the review ribbon.

All has worked fine except for the fact that every time I lock the one section, it is also locking all of the headers and footers throughout the document.

I have an un-linked header on the first page (option selected to be a different header to rest of the document), which I require to edit each time.

Is there any way to lock the section I wish without locking all of the headers and footers?

I'm sure it is just an option i am missing somewhere, but I cannot for the life of me find it.

Thanks

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Answer

Suzanne S. Barnhill

I believe this is still possible without using forms protection. When content controls are used, a portion of a document can be "grouped" to prevent deletion or editing.

I just tested this with a simple table in Word 2013. In the screen shot below, I selected each of the rows that can't be deleted and clicked Group in the Controls group on the Developer tab. As you can see, when I right-click in one of these rows, most editing options, including Delete Rows, are disabled (although Insert > appears to be enabled, if you click it, the submenu items are disabled).

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