Word 2010 - Limit Formatting but allow sub/superscript

[Carthesis]

In Word 2010, it is possible to limit user to only being allowed to use a particular set of pre-defined styles. This is ideal.

However, when you apply this protection, it stops you being able to directly format the text that you do allow with such options as superscript, subscript etc. etc. which is oftentimes very useful if you work in technical fields.

My (hopefully simple question!) is thus:

Is it possible to limit the formatting that people can use (or that appears in the Styles pane) but still be able to use some of the direct formatting options?

 

[fumei]

Is it possible to limit the formatting that people can use (or that appears in the Styles pane) but still be able to use some of the direct formatting options? "

Are those not contrary? Only allow styles...but allow direct formatting. I do not know how to allow user determined exceptions to user restrictions.

 

[macropod]

You could, of course, define a superscript character Style and a subscript character Style, then allow users access to those.

Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[Carthesis]

Fumei - yeah I thought that'd be the case, but you have to ask in case someone else has sorted it!

Macropod - Thought about that, but I'd need to define more than one superscript and subscript style, as well as italics, and I just can't be bothered.

I've gone instead with hiding all the styles and making it difficult to find them, but not being so restrictive. We shall see how it works.

Thanks anyway.

 

[macropod]

I'd need to define more than one superscript and subscript style, as well as italics, and I just can't be bothered.

No, you'd only need one of each - unless you're planning to have bold supersrcipt, italic superscript, bold italic superscript, etc. But, if you can't be bothered, why did you bother asking ...

Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]

 

[fumei]

wondering that myself

 

[Carthesis]

What I meant was I thought I'd have to define more than just two or three extra styles - I thought it'd have to be two/three styles PER STYLE already defined.

This would have been a lot more work to set up (and more confusing for non-technical people to use) than either a macro'd solution where appropriate buttons could be set up to duplicate the existing functions, or some setting options which I was pretty certain didn't exist, but thought was worth asking just in case someone else had found a way.

As it turns out, putting in a bit of effort to properly hide all the non-recommended styles will probably work just as well, which is what I've done.