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Viewing editable and locked regions

In template files and documents based on templates, editable regions appear in the Document window's Design view surrounded by rectangular outlines in the appropriate highlight color. (For information about setting highlighting preferences, see Template preferences.) A small tab appears at the upper left of each editable region, showing the name of the editable region.

In template files, only editable regions are marked with highlighted outlines. You can make changes to both editable and locked content.

In documents based on templates, in addition to the editable-region outlines, the entire page is surrounded by a different-colored outline, with a tab at the upper right giving the name of the template that the document is based on. This highlighted rectangle is there to remind you that the document is based on a template and that you can't change anything outside the editable regions.

Note: If you try to edit a locked region in a document based on a template when highlighting is turned off, the mouse pointer changes to indicate that you can't click in a locked region.