If you have Word documents that you want others to be able to view, but not change, you can make those particular documents read-only. Word 2002 makes this very simple to do.

Once you have completed typing your document, select Save As from the File menu. In the Save As dialog box, click Tools and select Security Options. Place a check beside Read-only recommended as shown in the figure. Now when users open the document, they will be unable to make any changes to it. However, keep in mind that they will be able to perform a Save As and make a second copy of the document that they will be able to make changes to.