Or use our prepared reg file that sets the EditFlags value for Word (docx, doc), Excel (xlxs, xls) and Powerpoint (ppts, ppt) files. Microsoft Word is the document editor that you can take with you on the go. You must check the three boxes at the bottom separately. In the Registered file types list, select the specific Office document type (for example, Microsoft.
On the Tools menu (or the View menu), select Folder Options (or select Options ). In the pop-up window, check the Limit formatting to a selection of styles box. To configure Internet Explorer to open Office files in the appropriate Office program by using the Folder Options tool: Open My Computer. Under Formatting Restrictions, select Settings. Select the Review Tab, then select Restrict Editing. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Word.Document.12 To restrict the formatting changes, follow the steps below. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\PowerPoint.Show.12 In each of the following keys, add or edit the EditFlags binary value so the value is 00 00 01 00 Note: I recommend making this change only for the document types you open often. Choose Main Tabs in the Customize Ribbon. Once you do this, you'll get the Open/Save dialog, which can be disabled by editing the registry. If you are missing the Format Text tab in Outlook for Windows, select File > Options > Customize Ribbon. (You may also want to disable it for files originating from the Internet.) Disable the option to enable it for Outlook attachments. Go to the File, Options Trust Center dialog and select Protected View. To change the Protected view setting, you need to make the change in each Office application. (To save the document, you'll need to use Save as - see " Edit and Save Outlook's Read-Only Attachments" if you want to save documents back to the email message.) This setting opens all Office documents in a read-only state and you need to click a button before you can edit the document. When Word, Excel, or PowerPoint opens the file and sees this marker it knows to open the file within Protected View and the user sees the red bar.
#OUTLOOK OPEN WORD IN EDIT MODE AUTOMATICALLY WINDOWS#
The application knows this because Windows uses the Attachment Execution Service to place a zone identifier in an alternate data stream of the file which indicates it was downloaded from the Internet Zone. Basically, when you open documents, an ugly yellow dialog box pops up on the top of your Excel or Word document telling you to Enable Editing of your. When a document that was previously attached to an email (or downloaded from the Internet) is opened, the red message bar states "This file originated as an email attachment " or "This file was downloaded from the Internet".