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How do I add the Protect Form button to my developer tab in Word? The only options I have are Block Authors and Restrict Editing.

Anonymous
2023-11-02T13:45:01+00:00

Comparing to a mac user, they have the Protect Form Button. I don't have that option on my Surface, using Microsoft 365 for business. The form I was given has multiple spelling errors and formatting errors that I need to correct.

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  1. Charles Kenyon 167.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-02T16:26:33+00:00

    In the Android version of Word, you do not.

    The equivalent in the Windows version of Word is Restrict Editing - Protection for filling in Forms.

    There is no equivalent in the Android version or the Online version.

    This is a User-to-UIser Support Forum.

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    Background

    See Compare Word features on different platforms - Office Support.

    • These programs are all named Word and they are all created and published by Microsoft.
    • They all can edit the same document files that have the same file structure. Some of the programs have no control over some of the document structures.
    • But, they are different programs with different features and controls.

    As of October, 2023, the most powerful one of these, with the most features, is the Windows desktop application from Microsoft 365. I do not expect that to change. The perpetual license version Word 2021 is very close as far as features but does not receive new features as added.

    The Macintosh desktop application is second with number of features. The things available in the Windows version not yet on the Mac version include Content Controls, Building Blocks, UserForms, and ActiveX. It can use, but cannot create, or modify most Content Controls. AutoText is a Building Block that the Mac can and does use.

    The browser version of Word – Word Online – has a Transcribe feature that has recently been added to the Windows desktop version of Microsoft 365’s Word. Otherwise, the browser version has far fewer features and editing in it has been reported to mess up automatic numbering. Chromebooks use a version of this or of the Android mobile app. Differences between using a document in the browser and in Word

    The mobile applications (Android/IOS, etc.) vary somewhat but have far fewer features. I would use them for note taking and for quick viewing/printing, but not for editing. Especially not for editing long or complex documents. What you can do in the Microsoft 365 apps on mobile devices with a Microsoft 365 subscription

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-02T18:36:09+00:00

    Thanks. Definitely not the answer I was hoping for, but now I know.

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