Form fields always required the form to be protected.
You could perhaps insert an unprotected section for free text entry - or
maybe you were thinking of macrobutton fields?
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm
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Frustrated wrote:
I used to be able to add text to a form field without having to click
"protect form" in a Word 2003 document. This would allow me to add
text to the form fields and also change other text outside of the
fields without having to constantly protect and unprotect the
document. I was also able to instantly tab to the next form field
(if needed). Now, I'm unable to add text to a form field unless I
protect the document, but protecting the document will not allow me
to change text outside of the form fields unless the document is
unlocked. What happened? Is there a way to change Word so that I
can use the original format?
Thanks for your help...