Hi Torfinn,
The problem is with the protection method. Content controls are not form
fields, and therefore protection that allows entry only in form fields will
block entry into content controls.
There is a different method for content controls: Select the entire
document, and then click the rich text content control button once more --
that inserts a content control that contains everything else. After you have
inserted all the text and interior content controls, open the Properties
dialog for the whole-document content control and check the box to prevent
editing of the control's contents. The text will be protected, while the
internal content controls will function normally.
--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Torfinn Brokke wrote:
Hello again!
I will try to explaing what I mean as clearly as possible.
I have made an electronic form in Word 2007 which is to serve as the
template for a number of study guides for an educational program.
There are lots of standard fields on each form, like what chapters to
read, which progress test to take, book references, etc.
As there is one such sheet per study frame (and there are a lot of
study frames), I wanted to make this form to simplify the making of
these study guides and ensure that the layout stays correct. What I
did was the following:
I went to the menu Developer -- Controls in Word, to insert the
content control field which I wanted to use (mostly the "Rich text"
control). After inserting the controls I wanted, I proceeded with
protecting the document and allowing data entry only into form
fields, to make sure no part of the document can be changed apart
from entering data into the content controls that I placed.
This all works as it is supposed to. However, much of the data to be
input into this form already exists in other documents. Thus, I would
like to copy this text from the other document and paste it into the
relevant content control field in the study guides instead of having
to type it in again. However, this seems impossible. The content
control fields seem to allow neither data to be pasted into them nor
data to be copied/cut from them. So, what I was wondering is if there
is some way to circumvent this?
I hope this has made the issue more clear to you.
"Cindy M." wrote:
Hi ?B?VG9yZmlubiBCcm9ra2U=?=,
I'm trying to make a form in Word 2007 where I use content controls
to control the formatting of the text which is input, so that I can
lock the rest of the document for editing. However, I would like to
be able to cut and paste text into these content control fields,
but I have not been able to find a way to do so.
Is this possible? If yes: How?
Could you please be more specific about the settings you're using,
and give a detailed scenario description about what's not working?
I'm having trouble following exactly what your after...
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
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