WD2000: No Password Prompt for "Modify" in Mail Client

• Microsoft Word 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you open a document protected with a "modify" password, you may not be prompted for the password if the document exists in a Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook mail folder.

NOTE: To protect a document against unauthorized modifications, in Word, do the following:

1. Click Save As on the File menu.



2. On the Save As toolbar, click Tools, and then click General Options.



3. Type a password in the Password to modify text box.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, save or move the document to a directory on a disk drive. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook, open the message containing the Word document.



2. Click to select the document.



3. On the File menu, click Save Attachments.



4. Switch to the directory where you want to save the document.



5. Click Save.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about protecting documents, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "protect a document" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words:

Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: May 28, 1999