After manually updating the contents of a box, you may want to lock the contents of that box so that it is not updated during a data refresh. This is useful if you maintain data in one or more boxes that is not in your underlying data source.
If you have defined multi-record boxes, the Refresh process will preserve the formatting of those boxes and apply that formatting to any new multi-record boxes created by data refresh.
Note: This option is only available for data that has been imported from an external source.
To lock/unlock the contents of a box during data refresh:
1 Select the boxes that you want to lock or unlock.
2 Click the Box Layout tool or select Box Properties from the Format menu. The Box Properties dialog box is displayed.
3 Click the Advanced tab.
4 Select or deselect the Lock contents during data refresh checkbox.
5 Click OK.