Permission members (Office)

The Permission property of the Document object in Microsoft Word, a Workbook object in Microsoft Excel, and a Presentation object in Microsoft PowerPoint returns a Permission object.

Methods

Name	Description
Add	Creates a set of permissions on the active document for the specified user. Returns a UserPermission object.
ApplyPolicy	Applies the specified permission policy to the active document.
RemoveAll	Removes all UserPermission objects from the Permission collection of the active document.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Gets an Application object that represents the container application for the Permission object (you can use this property with an Automation object to return that object's container application). Read-only.
Count	Gets a Long indicating the number of items in the Permission object. Read-only.
Creator	Gets a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the Permission object was created. Read-only.
DocumentAuthor	Gets or sets the name in email form of the author of the active document. Read/write.
Enabled	Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether permissions are enabled on the active document. Read/write.
EnableTrustedBrowser	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to enable a browser from a trusted source. Read/write.
Item	Gets a UserPermission object that is a member of the Permission collection. The UserPermission object associates a set of permissions on the active document with a single user and an optional expiration date. Read-only.
Parent	Gets the Parent object for the Permission object. Read-only.
PermissionFromPolicy	Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether a permission policy has been applied to the active document. Read-only.
PolicyDescription	Gets the description of the permissions policy applied to the active document. Read-only.
PolicyName	Gets the name of the permissions policy applied to the active document. Read-only.
RequestPermissionURL	Gets or sets the file or Web site URL to visit or the email address to contact for users who need additional permissions on the active document. Read/write.
SensitivityLabelID	Gets or sets the sensitivity label id included in user defined protection. Read/write.
StoreLicenses	Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the user's license to view the active document should be cached to allow offline viewing when the user cannot connect to a rights management server. Read/write.

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