This is AWESOME! So the difference is just .FormattedText vs .Text?





I guess I just jumped to conclusions after reading this post:



Different ways to apply a style to a content control - Microsoft Community


Now I see it actually says paragraph styles cannot be applied through the content control properties dialogue, which is not to be confused with macros, right? Cool!



By the way, the point of the different colors was just to make the protected text stand out, so that I won't waste time trying to edit it, that's all.



This will work very well for me, so thanks again! I really appreciate your help.

I have used these macros on several translation projects and they've been useful. However, I keep having a problem with the styles when I extract the translated text. The styles will be applied to wrong paragraphs (it looks like they are off by one). Is there any explanation for this behaviour?

I have added the hidden property for the non-editable text, if that matters.

So far I have just corrected the styles manually in the end, but now I have a huge document, and would like to avoid that, if possible...