to the parts they can change. For everyone else, Office Word 2007 restricts editing and displays the message, "Word has finished searching the document" when they click the buttons in the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane. Open the Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane If you close the task pane and then attempt to make changes where you do not have permission, Word 2007 displays in the status bar the following message: This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked. To return to the task pane and find a place where you have permission to edit, do the following: On the Review tab, in the Protect group, click Protect Document , and then click Restrict Formatting and Editing .