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Lock content

Product: MyOffice Professional, MyOffice Private Cloud

Application: Text Web version

Сontent elements in the body of the text and in the headers and footers can be protected from changes. For more information on the functions available when the element is locked, see the Table below.

Content	Disabled functions when the element is locked	Enabled functions when the element is locked
Text	Enter, edit, format, and delete text	–
Image	•Move an image •Resize an image •Delete an image	–
Shape	•Move a shape •Resize a shape •Delete a shape	–
Text in shape	Enter, edit, format, and delete text in shapes	•Move a shape •Resize a shape •Delete a shape
Text in table cells	•Enter, edit, format, and delete text in the locked table cells •Resize and delete rows and columns containing the locked cells •Delete the table	•Enter, edit, format, and delete text in other table cells •Resize and delete other rows and columns of the table •Insert rows and columns
Table	•Enter, edit, format, and delete text in a table •Insert, resize, and delete rows and columns •Delete the table	–

Lock сontent

1.Select the part of the document you want to lock the content of:

•To lock a single paragraph of text from change, place the cursor in it, select part of the paragraph, or select the entire paragraph. To lock multiple paragraphs so that they cannot be changed, select them entirely.

•To lock an image or shape against changes, select it with the mouse by clicking it.

•To lock the text in one or more cells of a table against changes, select these cells.

•To lock a table against changes, select the entire table.

2.In the Command menu, click Edit > Lock Content.

The locked elements looks as follows:

•The cursor color in the locked text is red.

•When you select a locked element, the frame around the element is red.

•When you place the cursor on the locked element marker, the cursor changes to lock_size .

•If you want to edit the locked text or element, you will see the following message: "This part of the document is locked for changes. If you must edit it, unlock the content".

Limitation: When locking tables, visual indication of content protection is not supported.

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