Jason,
I agree with Jan.
That said...
While in the file, select FILE / SAVE AS / TOOLS / GENERAL OPTIONS, then set
one password for 'Password to Open' and another for 'Password to Modify'.
HTH,
Gary Brown


"jason@catamaranco.com" wrote:

> Is this possible...I tried clicking 'properties'....'sharing' but it seems a
> bit messy as I have 30 employees who need toa access the document.
>
> I wish to give read only access to 27 employees and read write to 3
> employees.
>
> - Jason
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