Return to the Restrict Editing interface on the right-hand side. There are different options for document protection. Different options for document protection To cancel the format restriction, get into the Restrict Editing interface and click Stop Protection. In this way, when returning to the editing interface and click the text box, we'll find the format changes restricted. Next, click Start Protection to pop up the Protection password dialog. Or else, the selected contents will be deleted. Note that we need to choose No in the dialog. Taking the Balloon Text as an example, select the Ballon Text, click Limit, and click OK to restrict all Balloon Text formats. If you want to make it more accurate, you can select Used in this document at Show, and see the document's styles in the Styles are currently allowed box on the left below. We can restrict formatting to the styles by selecting in the Show drop-down menu in terms of actual demands. In this way, any format changes will not be allowed in this document, while the Format Painter tool is also unable to be used. Next, click Settings to pop up the dialog, where we can set format restrictions for the selected text. Here we check the option titled Limit formatting to a selection of style. When using WPS Writer, we can use the Restrict Editing function to protect the word document.įirst, get into the Review tab and click Restrict Editing to open the Restrict Editing dialog on the right.
