How can I force Word 2013 to open a particular document in the Protected View?   I was hoping that on the File Open dialogs there would be a checkbox option to open in Protected View, but I do no

Hi,

As far as I know, the File Block and Office File Validation features have settings that let you force files to open in Protected View when certain conditions are met. You can use these settings to determine the circumstances under which files open in Protected View.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee857087.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#force

If you only want to protect the particular document that the file can't be edit/modify, I recommend you use Restrict Editing feature of Word.

https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Allow-changes-to-parts-of-a-protected-document-187ed01c-8795-43e1-9fd0-c9fca419dadf 

Hope it's helpful.

Regards,

George Zhao
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• Edited by George.Zhao CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 5 hours 39 minutes ago

Hi,

As far as I know, the File Block and Office File Validation features have settings that let you force files to open in Protected View when certain conditions are met. You can use these settings to determine the circumstances under which files open in Protected View.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee857087.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#force

If you only want to protect the particular document that the file can't be edit/modify, I recommend you use Restrict Editing feature of Word.

https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Allow-changes-to-parts-of-a-protected-document-187ed01c-8795-43e1-9fd0-c9fca419dadf 

Hope it's helpful.

Regards,

George Zhao
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• Edited by George.Zhao CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, August 05, 2015 1:48 AM

Hi,

As far as I know, the File Block and Office File Validation features have settings that let you force files to open in Protected View when certain conditions are met. You can use these settings to determine the circumstances under which files open in Protected View.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee857087.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#force

If you only want to protect the particular document that the file can't be edit/modify, I recommend you use Restrict Editing feature of Word.

https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Allow-changes-to-parts-of-a-protected-document-187ed01c-8795-43e1-9fd0-c9fca419dadf 

Hope it's helpful.

Regards,

George Zhao
Forum Support
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• Edited by George.Zhao CHNMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Wednesday, August 05, 2015 1:48 AM

I don't want to go into Protected View just when specific conditions are met.  I want a way to force myself into Protected View at a moment of my choosing.

I think this issue no possible in local disk, but you can share docs in sharepoint or other cloud space.