Hi,

I do know I can disable the "Shade Editable Range" option with a single code line in a Document_Open macro
But what can I do, if macros/'dotm' files are not allowed. It' an annoying feature that any time when opening a document with editing restricted areas the user has to open the Protect/Unprotect pane for disabling these yellow shades. It is the customers wish to open the respective documents without yellow shading - and without macro.

Is there any (well hidden) setting I do not know, or - a question for the VBA cracks - a code line for the normal.dot that globally disables this option (not only for the active window)?

Any help welcome