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• Editing layouts privileges
• Editing value list privileges
• Editing scripts privileges
• Editing extended privileges for a privilege set
• Editing other privileges
Note If nearly all the options in the Edit Privilege Set dialog box are dimmed, remember that
you cannot change or delete the predefined privilege sets — Full Access, Data Entry Only, and
Read-Only Access — except to enable or disable extended privileges for them. You can
duplicate the Data Entry Only and Read-Only Access privilege sets and then modify the
duplicate copies. See
Duplicating and deleting privilege sets.
6. When you’re through editing this privilege set, click OK.
7. Do one of the following:
• If you’ve finished working with accounts and privileges, click OK. In the dialog box that
appears, enter an account name and password that is assigned the Full Access
privilege set, and click OK.
• To assign the privilege set to one or more accounts, see Creating accounts or Editing
existing accounts.
Duplicating and deleting privilege sets
You can duplicate privilege sets and delete privilege sets that you no longer need.
You cannot delete:
• the Full Access, Data Entry Only, and Read-Only Access privilege sets.
• any privilege set that is in use by an account. Edit the accounts so that the privilege set is no
longer in use, and then delete the privilege set. See Editing existing accounts.
Also, you cannot duplicate the Full Access privilege set.
To duplicate or delete a privilege set:
1. Choose File menu > Manage > Security.
2. In the Manage Security dialog box, click the Privilege Sets tab.
3. Select one or more privilege sets that you want to duplicate or delete:
• To select one privilege set, click its name.
• To select multiple privilege sets, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (OS X) each
name.
• To select a range of adjacent privilege sets, click the first privilege set name, and then
Shift-click the last name in the range.
4. Do one of the following:
• To duplicate the privilege sets, click Duplicate.
• To delete the privilege sets, click Delete.
5. Do one of the following:
• If you’ve finished working with accounts and privileges, click OK. In the dialog box that
appears, enter an account name and password that is assigned the Full Access
privilege set, and click OK.