Block Out Table Document For Free

How to Lock Parts of a Word DocumentOpen the document you want to lock within Microsoft Word.Select the "Review" tab and go to the "Protect" group.Go to "Editing restrictions" and tick "Allow only this type of editing in the document." Choose "No changes" from the list of options.More items...

Right-click anywhere in the table. Select Table properties from the menu that appears. The Table Properties dialog box will appear. Click the Table border color drop-down arrow, then select the desired color.

Protecting cells in a Word table isn't as easy, but it can be done: you insert a Text Form Field control into each cell where you want users to input or modify values. Then, you protect the document.Continue to select input cells and insert controls until you're done. Click Restrict Editing in the Protect group.

In the Controls group, click the Legacy Tools option and choose Text Form Field. In Word 2003, display the Forms toolbar and click Text Form Field. Continue to select input cells and insert controls until you're done. Click Restrict Editing in the Protect group.

At each place where you want users to type text, insert a few space characters (three or four should do). On the Review ribbon, click the Restrict Editing button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing from the menu. In the pane that appears on the right, check the box under "Editing restrictions".

To change the background color of a row in a table in Docs, drag your cursor through the row (to select all the cells there), right-click, and go to Table properties > Cell background color and select the color you want.

Protect a document and mark the parts that can be changedOn the Review tab, in the Protect group, click Restrict Editing.In the Editing restrictions area, select the Allow only this type of editing in the document check box.In the list of editing restrictions, click No changes (Read only).More items...