Microsoft KB Archive/887718

= You can save a Word 2007 or Word 2003 document to a new location when the document's attached template does not have EXPORT permissions and is protected with IRM =

Article ID: 887718

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2007

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SYMPTOMS
Assume a situation where you open a document that was created by using a template that is protected with Information Rights Management (IRM) in Microsoft Office Word 2007 or in Microsoft Office Word 2003. The document's attached template does not have EXPORT permissions.

In this situation, the Save As menu option is still available on the File menu in Word. Additionally, you can save the document to an alternative location.



CAUSE
This behavior is by design. When the document's attached template does not have EXPORT permissions and is protected with IRM, you can only save the document by using the Word Document (*.doc) option or the Document Template (*.dot) option. All other options in the Save As dialog box are not available.



MORE INFORMATION
The Information Rights for Excel and for PowerPoint also limit the export in the exactly same way. This behavior keeps the rights that are applied to a document and does not allow someone to circumvent those permissions by exporting to another format.

When you save a copy of a document in Word, the document will retain the same IRM rights that are contained in the attached template.

When you copy a document in Windows Explorer to a new location with a different file name, the new copy of the document will also retain the same IRM rights that are contained in the attached template.

Additionally, when the document's attached template does not have EXPORT permissions, you cannot use the open documents file name to save the document.

