Word 2003 in Read Only

[LAF]

Hi,

I'm new here !!!!!!!!!!

I wana know if there's any switch that exists to start word 2003 (from the command prompt) in read only mode.

See, I wan't to display a DOC in the browser in read only mode. I don't want the user the EDIT the document.

Thanks in advance,

Marc.

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

just set the read only flag on the doc on the file itself

@echo off
Attrib +R "document Name.doc"
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\winword.exe" "document Name.doc"

or just set the permissions for the file to deny your user write access to that file

doesnt stop them from using file=save as though

[neo]

I am using Microsoft Word 2007....

When you right click on document file holding <SHIFT KEY>....You will get Open as Read Only option...

I am not 100% sure....but may be this feature in Microsoft Word 2003.

If not then I am posting some registry code, copy it to notepad and save as <Filename>.reg file and patch it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\OpenAsReadOnly]
@="Open as Read-Only"
"Extended"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\OpenAsReadOnly\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office12\\WINWORD.EXE\" /h /n /dde"
"command"=hex(7):77,00,5f,00,31,00,5e,00,56,00,36,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,\
  21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,21,00,4d,00,4b,00,4b,00,53,00,6b,00,57,00,4f,00,52,\
  00,44,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,74,00,57,00,7b,00,7e,00,24,00,\
  34,00,51,00,5d,00,63,00,40,00,35,00,64,00,31,00,60,00,2c,00,78,00,61,00,54,\
  00,4f,00,35,00,20,00,2f,00,68,00,20,00,2f,00,6e,00,20,00,2f,00,64,00,64,00,\
  65,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\OpenAsReadOnly\ddeexec]
@="[AppShow][REM _DDE_ReadWriteOnSave][FileOpen .Name=\"%1\",.Revert=0]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\OpenAsReadOnly\ddeexec\Application]
@="WinWord"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Word.Document.8\shell\OpenAsReadOnly\ddeexec\Topic]
@="System"

It may be helpful otherwise....you can restrict your document..with read only permission.

You can use Word Viewer to open word documents as Read only

[LAF]

Hi,

You can use Word Viewer to open word documents as Read only

Is this viewer available in Word 2003? If so, How do I use it ?

Thanks,

Marc.

[neo]

Hi,

You can use Word Viewer to open word documents as Read only

Is this viewer available in Word 2003? If so, How do I use it ?

Thanks,

Marc.

You have to install Word Viewer.

Word Viewer

View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. This download is a replacement for Word Viewer 2003 and all previous Word Viewer versions.

It supports:

# Word Document (*.docx)

# Word Macro-Enabled Document (*.docm)

# Rich Text Format (.rtf)

# Text (.txt)

# Web Page formats (.htm, .html, .mht, .mhtml)

# WordPerfect 5.x (.wpd)

# WordPerfect 6.x (.doc, .wpd)

# Works 6.0 (.wps)

# Works 7.0 (.wps)

# XML (.xml)

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