Protection

wdProtectedViewCloseReasonSpecifies how the Protected View window was closed.
wdProtectionTypeSpecifies the type of protection applied to a document.
wdProtectedViewCloseReason
Specifies how the Protected View window was closed.
wdProtectionType
Specifies the type of protection applied to a document.

wdProtectedViewCloseReason

Specifies how the Protected View window was closed.

wdProtectedViewCloseEditThe window was closed when the user clicked the Enable Editing or Edit Anyway button while in Protected View (1)
wdProtectedViewCloseForcedThe window was closed because the application shut it down forcefully or it stopped responding (2)
wdProtectedViewCloseNormalThe window was closed normally (0)

wdProtectedViewCloseEdit
The window was closed when the user clicked the Enable Editing or Edit Anyway button while in Protected View (1)
wdProtectedViewCloseForced
The window was closed because the application shut it down forcefully or it stopped responding (2)
wdProtectedViewCloseNormal
The window was closed normally (0)

REMARKS
* Added in 2010.

wdProtectionType

Specifies the type of protection applied to a document.

wdNoProtectionDo not apply any protection to this document (No Protection) (-1)
wdAllowOnlyRevisionsAllow only revisions to be made to existing content (Track Changes) (0)
wdAllowOnlyCommentsAllow only comments to be added to the document (Comments) (1)
wdAllowOnlyFormFieldsAllow content to be added to the document through form fields (Filling in Forms) (2)
wdAllowOnlyReading(Added in 2003) Allow read only access to the document (No changes Read Only) (3)

wdNoProtection
Do not apply any protection to this document (No Protection) (-1)
wdAllowOnlyRevisions
Allow only revisions to be made to existing content (Track Changes) (0)
wdAllowOnlyComments
Allow only comments to be added to the document (Comments) (1)
wdAllowOnlyFormFields
Allow content to be added to the document through form fields (Filling in Forms) (2)
wdAllowOnlyReading
(Added in 2003) Allow read only access to the document (No changes Read Only) (3)

REMARKS
* The wdNoProtection cannot be used in Word 2002 - seems to generate an error when passed to "gApplication.ActiveDocument.Protect(objprotectiontype)"

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