In previous versions of Office I could prevent other users of my computer
accessing My Documents and reading documents I didn't want them to read. it
was easy to do. There appears to be no way of doing this in 2007, or am I
missing something? Be glad of any advice or help.

Do it thru Windows, not Office.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In previous versions of Office I could prevent other users of my computer
> accessing My Documents and reading documents I didn't want them to read.
> it
> was easy to do. There appears to be no way of doing this in 2007, or am I
> missing something? Be glad of any advice or help.

"lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4556D98E-D57B-4E6F-8997-95C6F76D6818@microsoft.com...
> In previous versions of Office I could prevent other users of my computer
> accessing My Documents and reading documents I didn't want them to read.
> it
> was easy to do. There appears to be no way of doing this in 2007, or am I
> missing something? Be glad of any advice or help.


That's not an Office function that's a Windows function.

I'm sorry, perhaps I failed to make my problem clear. There are two user
groups on my computer, My own which is security protected and my Family which
is not protected. Anyone who goes into the Family account can open any
documents I have in my account, in my Office 2007 "My Documents" folder. I
could protect this in my old version of Office, but I can't see how it's done
in 2007.

"Gordon" wrote:

> "lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4556D98E-D57B-4E6F-8997-95C6F76D6818@microsoft.com...
> > In previous versions of Office I could prevent other users of my computer
> > accessing My Documents and reading documents I didn't want them to read.
> > it
> > was easy to do. There appears to be no way of doing this in 2007, or am I
> > missing something? Be glad of any advice or help.
>
>
> That's not an Office function that's a Windows function.
>
>

"lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2288032A-D1EE-49EC-BF31-D7B1C2CC023C@microsoft.com...
> I'm sorry, perhaps I failed to make my problem clear. There are two user
> groups on my computer, My own which is security protected and my Family
> which
> is not protected. Anyone who goes into the Family account can open any
> documents I have in my account, in my Office 2007 "My Documents" folder. I
> could protect this in my old version of Office, but I can't see how it's
> done
> in 2007.
>

Again - it's NOT an Office problem. You need to go into Windows Explorer and
deny permissions to the other users to open your "My Documents" folder.

Windows or Office problem, How do I do it? I've been into the permissions
section dozens of times over the last two weeks and done everything by the
book, but have to confess I do not understand the instructions or the terms
used to explain it all. Everything I try ends up with me also being denied
access. All I desire is to deny access to My Documents in my user account,
from other user accounts, but the other user account on my computer is not on
the list of options. Please, what do I do?

"Gordon" wrote:

> "lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2288032A-D1EE-49EC-BF31-D7B1C2CC023C@microsoft.com...
> > I'm sorry, perhaps I failed to make my problem clear. There are two user
> > groups on my computer, My own which is security protected and my Family
> > which
> > is not protected. Anyone who goes into the Family account can open any
> > documents I have in my account, in my Office 2007 "My Documents" folder. I
> > could protect this in my old version of Office, but I can't see how it's
> > done
> > in 2007.
> >
>
> Again - it's NOT an Office problem. You need to go into Windows Explorer and
> deny permissions to the other users to open your "My Documents" folder.
>
>

"lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4C73B272-F004-42CE-93C1-CA8FAD3511FC@microsoft.com...
> Windows or Office problem, How do I do it? I've been into the permissions
> section dozens of times over the last two weeks and done everything by the
> book, but have to confess I do not understand the instructions or the
> terms
> used to explain it all. Everything I try ends up with me also being denied
> access. All I desire is to deny access to My Documents in my user account,
> from other user accounts, but the other user account on my computer is not
> on
> the list of options. Please, what do I do?
>

What version of Windows are you running?

Vista Home Premium

"Gordon" wrote:

> "lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4C73B272-F004-42CE-93C1-CA8FAD3511FC@microsoft.com...
> > Windows or Office problem, How do I do it? I've been into the permissions
> > section dozens of times over the last two weeks and done everything by the
> > book, but have to confess I do not understand the instructions or the
> > terms
> > used to explain it all. Everything I try ends up with me also being denied
> > access. All I desire is to deny access to My Documents in my user account,
> > from other user accounts, but the other user account on my computer is not
> > on
> > the list of options. Please, what do I do?
> >
>
> What version of Windows are you running?
>
>

"lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:009C9DBF-2A9A-418B-B9EA-F7E10DE64A3F@microsoft.com...
> Vista Home Premium
>

OK That's good - that's what I have here.
Now, you need to ensure that the other User accounts are NOT Administrators,
otherwise they can override your settings.
Do Start Button, right-click on Documents, choose Properties. Click on the
Security Tab.
Click on the User Name you want to deny, and click on the Edit button.
Select the User you want, and on the Full Control row, click in the "Deny"
box.
Click Apply and OK out.

This will only work if the other users are NOT administrators, as I said -
if they are they can override this.

HTH

Hooray, thanks for the info. Incredible as it may sound, the asnswer at the
end was to add the Family user account. I assumed that every user account was
added automatically, that everything was naturally listed. It never occurred
to me until now that I had to add the one I wanted to deny access to.

"lazyj" wrote:

> Vista Home Premium
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
> > "lazyj" <lazyj@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4C73B272-F004-42CE-93C1-CA8FAD3511FC@microsoft.com...
> > > Windows or Office problem, How do I do it? I've been into the permissions
> > > section dozens of times over the last two weeks and done everything by the
> > > book, but have to confess I do not understand the instructions or the
> > > terms
> > > used to explain it all. Everything I try ends up with me also being denied
> > > access. All I desire is to deny access to My Documents in my user account,
> > > from other user accounts, but the other user account on my computer is not
> > > on
> > > the list of options. Please, what do I do?
> > >
> >
> > What version of Windows are you running?
> >
> >