Microsoft KB Archive/842887

= &quot;Permission for this document is currently restricted&quot; error message when you open an Office 2003 document in Office 2004 for Mac =

Article ID: 842887

Article Last Modified on 12/18/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office X for Mac Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you open a Microsoft Office 2003 document in Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac or in Microsoft Office X for Mac, you may see the following warning message:

Permission for this document is currently restricted. If you are not running Microsoft Office 2003 or an application that supports documents with restricted permission, you can read this document by downloading the Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer.

Download the Rights Management Add-On for Internet Explorer

Learn more about documents with restricted permission



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Office 2004 for Mac does not support Information Rights Management (IRM) feature of Microsoft Office 2003.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
Currently, there is no Rights Management add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.2.x for Mac OS X or for the Safari Web browser. For more information about Information Rights Management for Office 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/office2003/operate/of03irm.mspx

Additional query words: DRM mac OFFX

Keywords: kbnofix kbprb KB842887

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