Is it possible to lock/protect content in the Microsoft Word File Type?

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Hello Paul, 
 I've some Microsoft Word files (.docx) where I'd like to protect or lock non-translatable content. I mean avoid that content being processed. My question is, is it possible to set the Microsoft Word file type in Trados Studio, enabling/disabling some option for protecting that content? For example, I'd would like to highlight in yellow or enclose between brackets {} the non-translatable content in all the docx files and then set up the File Type settings in order to protect it. I was trying to do it and I was researching as well but I didn't find anything about it. 
 Thanks for your help in advance. 
 Best Regards, 
 KLAR

Rodrigo Vásquez · Accepted Answer

Hello KL Argentina, yes it is! All you have to do is select the text you want to ignore and create a style for it, that style may include the highliting you want. So in order to help you I created a small video. Hope it helps!

Claudio Nasso · Answer

Hi KL Argentina , 
 in addition to the suggestion by Rodrigo V&aacute;squez , in the passage where in Studio you set the style to ignore (&ldquo;lock/protect&rdquo;) untranslatable text, I&rsquo;d suggest to create in MS Word a "character style" (not a "paragraph style") and to to check in Studio Microsoft Word File Types the &ldquo;Convert to inline tag&rdquo; checkbox: 
 
 In this way, when loading the file in Studio, you will see that a sentence / part of a sentence / paragraph is existing in your document as per the fake text example here below, but it is &ldquo;locked/protected&rdquo; and, most important, you will see where it appears and you will be sure that it appears in the correct position in the final translated document to deliver to the client: 
 
 You may also see this post . 
 I hope this may help. 
 Regards, 
 Claudio

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