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Old 05-24-2012, 01:00 PM
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I need to restrict paragraph styles in a series of Word 2007 documents, but when I do (even if I only restrict one style), all of the character formatting is also locked (no bold, italic, etc.). This won't work for us.

Is there a way to lock only the paragraph styles?
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When you restrict styles you specify which are allowed in the document. Nothing prevents you from adding a set of character styles to that "list" of allowed styles.
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Thanks. But is there no way to exempt character styles, especially those on the ribbon (bold, italic, underline)?
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If you mean the buttons on the ribbon, these aren't styles but formatting commands; these will be disabled (just like many other settings) in a protected document, I'm afraid. You'll need actual character styles.
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Thanks. That at least tells me what my next steps should be.
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The emphasis and strong character styles are built in and may do what you want. It will depend on the Style Set you have enabled.
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