Accessing protected fields via VBA

[RalphM123]

I have an MS Word document with protected sections. They are protected because I want to force the user to only enter information via my macro code. When the macro runs, it (the macro) is not allowed to update the protected information. How do I get around this?

[lucas]

In your procedure you have to unprotect the document, then run your code, then reprotect the document.

If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="pwd"
'your code

ActiveDocument.Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:="pwd"
End If