Why can't I draw shapes with protect on?

[onlyinamerica]

Hi there,

new forum guy here.

Can't seem to get over the hurdle of being allowed to draw shapes when the document is protected. it's a real pita. I have a template form that has links throughout the pages that need protected but the remainder of the white space can have free reign for anything. I'm assuming I'm left with code and some macros?

Thanks

Dan

[JBeau]

You need to decide personally whether your document needs protecting or not. This is a global decision. Can you imagine the nightmare in trying to design what you've suggested? A document protected for text but not drawing? It makes sense to you because you want it to behave that way, but take a step back an imagine actually trying to implement that sort of tiered protectivity in a piece of software with over 1500 features.

Egad.

If you're working from a template, then each time you open it you're working on a copy anyway, so I'm not sure I understand the problem with making changes (unprotecting) when you open it. Are you opening the template in .DOT mode so you're actually changing your master template? If so, be sure you have a backup safely tucked away and edit away.