
Let's insert a picture to see what happens: Figure A Use the Table dropdown to create a quick, empty table. Then, I added a few owl facts in the column to the right. I used the Table dropdown in the Tables group on the Insert tab to insert the simple table into a blank document. Figure A shows a simple table with two columns and three rows. Word's default behaviorįirst, let's look at Word's default behavior. You can work with your own file or download the demonstration. It isn't adaptable to 365's browser version.


I'm using Word 2016 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use these instructions in older versions of Word.


Next, you need to select all of the content in your document except for the text boxes you want to lock. Here, check the box next to “Allow only this type of editing in the document” in the “Editing restrictions” section, then keep “No changes (Read only)” selected in the drop-down menu in the same section. A Restrict Editing pane appears on the right where you can restrict editing permissions for all, or certain parts, of the document.
