You can edit the document again by clicking on the “Edit Anyway” button displayed with a yellow strip at the top. You can recognize that a document has been marked as Final when the Mark As Final icon displays in the status bar. This document has been marked as final to indicate that the editing is complete and that this is the final version of the document.When a document is marked as final, the status property is set to “Final” and typing, editing commands and proofing marks are turned off.

You will get an information box stating the following: Word will ask for a confirmation stating that the document will be marked as final and then saved.

Click on the “Protect Document” drop down button.Ĥ. Follow the steps below to mark the document as final and make it read-only.Ģ. This feature is called marking the document as final. This is very similar to converting the document to PDF format so that it becomes the final copy without editable content. Read Mode removes all of the Ribbons to provide a simple, distraction free view of the document that you are working on.Microsoft Word 2013 allows the user to make documents read-only so that no one else will be able to edit the document.Video and web images can now be directly inserted into Word and the alignment tools have been enhanced to allow for better placement and text wrapping. There have been several improvements in how multimedia is inserted into Word.PDF files can now be opened and edited in Word, then saved as either a PDF or Word file.The Ribbons have been expanded and several features on the Ribbons have been moved and/or changed for better efficiency.

Under the File tab, there is a new look at opening new and recent documents, save features, and more.

The Office Button has been removed and has been replaced by the File tab.The first thing that you notice is the obvious brightness of the workspace and Ribbons, plus the 'minimalist' approach with the Ribbons as compared to the last few versions. Once again, there are major changes in MS Word 2013 compared to previous versions of Word.

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