
cases, the document may not be edited at all. If your organiza-
tion creates numerous identical documents, then you may
want to prevent users from altering the contents of the
documents.
Even if your business people scoff at using Word to auto-
mate the production of very simple, reproducible documents,
using Word in conjunction with text locking offers one enor-
mous benefit: The appropriate people in the organization can
unlock the document and make changes when necessary.
As business transactions evolve, the level of customiz-
ation necessary to “close the deal” inevitably increases.
Document assembly systems that either prevent changes to the
resultant ...