Sorry for the late reply, I've been swamped with work, and the holidays were hectic.

Thanks for the verification; I didn't think there was a way to do this, but if there was, you'd be much more likely to know than I would.

Once the client runs the program from the template we provide them, the resulting documents will be ultimately distributed as a macro-free file to other people to use with the editable areas enabled, so we have no control over the final users.