diff --git a/backend/modules/fleet/tests/test_work_order_images_endpoint.py b/backend/modules/fleet/tests/test_work_order_images_endpoint.py
index 53982d5..f881b8a 100644
--- a/backend/modules/fleet/tests/test_work_order_images_endpoint.py
+++ b/backend/modules/fleet/tests/test_work_order_images_endpoint.py
@@ -268,3 +268,6 @@ class WorkOrderImagesEndpointTests(TestCase):
         archive = zipfile.ZipFile(BytesIO(response.content))
         media_files = [name for name in archive.namelist() if name.startswith('word/media/')]
         self.assertTrue(media_files, archive.namelist())
+        settings_xml = archive.read('word/settings.xml').decode('utf-8')
+        self.assertNotIn('documentProtection', settings_xml)
+        self.assertNotIn('writeProtection', settings_xml)
diff --git a/backend/modules/fleet/views.py b/backend/modules/fleet/views.py
index 0074513..50a92ca 100644
--- a/backend/modules/fleet/views.py
+++ b/backend/modules/fleet/views.py
@@ -1607,11 +1607,32 @@ def _create_docx_document(template_name=None):
     except ModuleNotFoundError:
         raise DRFValidationError({"detail": "DOCX generiranje nije dostupno: nedostaje python-docx paket."})
     if not template_name:
-        return Document()
+        document = Document()
+        _remove_docx_edit_restrictions(document)
+        return document
     template_path = DOCX_TEMPLATE_DIR / template_name
     if not template_path.exists():
         raise DRFValidationError({"detail": f"DOCX template nije pronađen: {template_name}."})
-    return Document(str(template_path))
+    document = Document(str(template_path))
+    _remove_docx_edit_restrictions(document)
+    return document
+
+
+def _remove_docx_edit_restrictions(document):
+    try:
+        settings_element = document.settings.element
+    except AttributeError:
+        return document
+
+    protected_tags = (
+        '{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}documentProtection',
+        '{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}writeProtection',
+        '{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}readOnlyRecommended',
+    )
+    for tag_name in protected_tags:
+        for element in list(settings_element.findall(tag_name)):
+            settings_element.remove(element)
+    return document
 
 
 def _set_docx_cell_text(table, row_index, col_index, value):