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Protecting your templates can help ensure that templates remain intact, without unintentional alterations. You can protect templates in the same manner you protect documents. In particular, you can protect your templates in the following ways:
For more information about tracking changes and adding comments see Chapter 33, "Revising Documents Using Markup Tools," and for more information about creating and protecting forms, see Chapter 36, "Working with Field Codes and Custom Forms."
Protecting your templates can be especially important if you're sharing them with other people.
For more information about security in Word, see Chapter 34, "Addressing Security Issues."