Protected Property

Protected Property

True if you cannot change the specified key binding in the Customize Keyboard dialog box (from the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Keyboard button). Read-only Boolean.

expression   Required. An expression that returns a KeyBinding object.

Remarks

Use the Add method of the KeyBindings object to add a key binding regardless of the protected status.

Example

This example displays the protection status for the CTRL+S key binding.

CustomizationContext = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate
MsgBox FindKey(BuildKeyCode(wdKeyControl, wdKeyS)).Protected

This example displays a message if the A key binding is protected.

CustomizationContext = NormalTemplate
If FindKey(BuildKeyCode(wdKeyA)).Protected = True Then
    MsgBox "The A key is protected"
End If