As I said, the files need to be in Word format and stay in Word format if you want to protect anything.

You can do some experiments with grouping content you want to lock by going to Developer>Group>Group. However I don't know whether that is supported if the file is saved in RTF. You might also put the content into a content control and change the properties of that CC to lock it. Again, i dont know whether this is preserved in RTF.

I suspect neither option is preserved in the Translation tool but it is worth a try.

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia