Locking or protecting a Word document from editing with four types of restrictions: read-only, filling in forms, comments, and tracked changes.

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Overview

The Word Processor (document editor) component supports locking or protecting a Word document from editing with four types of restrictions.

Read-only: Allows no changes in the document.
Filling in forms: Allows users to only fill the form fields in the document.
Comments: Allows users to only add new comments or edit an existing comment in the document.
Tracked changes: Allows users to edit the document, but all the changes are tracked. The tracked changes can be accepted or rejected only after unlocking with a password.

Editing restrictions documentation

Read-only

This mode prohibits any modifications to the document content, ensuring that users can only view its contents without the ability to make changes.

Filling in forms

Users are permitted to populate the form fields within the document while other content remains inaccessible for editing. This mode is ideal for situations where users need to enter specific information into predefined sections.

Comments

In this mode, users have the capability to either create new comments or modify existing ones within the document. However, they are restricted from making direct alterations to the document content beyond commenting.

Tracked changes

In this mode, users can freely edit the document and all modifications are logged and tracked. However, these alterations remain visible until they are accepted or rejected. The acceptance or rejection of changes can only occur after unlocking the document with a password, ensuring the integrity of revisions.

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I loved the document editor with track changes which is a game changer product. I was looking for a document editor online which should have track changes so Syncfusion Essential Studio solved my requirement.

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One of the most complete document editors on the market. Flexible and easy to integrate with any tool or platform. Fast and efficient support. Possibility of controlling requests to the server being almost completely serverless.

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Great features, amazing package for start-ups / small businesses with the free license plan, excellent support. We use document editor component for angular. We also like the documentation. We use the document editor to allow our users to manage their documents via our web app and increase their productivity.

Călin C

Technology Consultant

Syncfusion Essential Studio® provides ready-to-use, customizable UI components that speed up frontend development. In our case, the document editor enables users to work with rich-text content directly in the browser, and the SFDT format allows us to implement advanced document workflows. This saves us development time on the frontend and helps maintain a consistent UX without building such tools from scratch.

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Full-stack Developer

If you need to do it in your UI, there’s likely a component that does it. They’re powerful, easy to install and easy to configure. Their support behind their product continually exceeds my expectations, well beyond anything else I see anywhere else. Tremendous bang for the buck. I’ve got probably a dozen different components deployed, so you name it. The Document Editor is a particularly powerful tool and a real differentiator.

Walter C

CTO

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