Thanks for that reply. The content controls look useful, yes, but they won't
do what I need, it seems. One of the most basic requirements for my users is
to be able to make content changes without affecting document format, which
means I need to stop them from deleting section breaks. Try putting a section
break into a content control. If you manage that (I did at one point though
it behaved bizarrely and I can't seem to do it again) try putting just a
continuous section break in one and make it so it doesn't interfere with
editting the document.
I would really appreciate any help with this. Thanks.
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Big Dave
"Cindy M." wrote:
Hi ?B?QmlnIERhdmU=?=,
What a disappointment. A big dumb problem in Word2002 (and previous versions)
is that when you protect any part of the document you can no longer insert
textboxes into any part of the document. Disaster for those creating a
managed document for users who want to add their own content to unprotected
sections.
Does anyone have any idea how to get around this behavior - I can't believe,
after several years, Word still does this!
I recommend taking a look at the new Content Controls (in the Developer tab).
You can look these for editing, or deletion. The user can TAB from one to the
next... All without needing to use the document protection that locks out other
commands in the entire document. In addition, there's a control for inserting
images :-)
So Microsoft did hear the complaints about using Forms protection.
To get a forms-like behavior (protect text), type in all your text, with the
input controls. Then select all this and click the button for a Rich Text
content control. This will nest all the text and controls in that one control.
You can then set the Properties for this control to not allow editing or
deleting. The nested controls will still be available to the user, however :-)
And, if you wish, you can leave parts of the document outside any content
control.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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