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Content and legacy controls
I have created a form in Word 2007 that includes both legacy check boxes and
Text content controls. I want to protect the document from changes to all but editing the controls. When I use the Document Protection button, the check box controls operate, but the Text box controls do not. Then I read Jay Freedman's response to the Content Control Titles Vanishing question explaining that content controls cannot be protected in this manner. So I removed protection, selected the entire document and added a Rich text control. Now, the Text box content controls work but the check box controls do not work. What is the procedure to use both types of controls and provide protection to all form content and still allow users to complete the information in the controls? I could not find a check box content control, only the Legacy check box control. Also, the check box control does not operate until I add protection and allow editing of controls. Is there a way to test check box controls before adding protection, or will they only work with protection on? -- |
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Depending on how your form is setup, you could put the checkbox in a
separate section of your document and protect only that section. I would experiment with the Continuous section break. Another alternative is to use the Active X Checkbox control. If you associated any programming logic with your checkbox, then that would require that your document become a .docm (macro enabled) -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Linda" wrote in message ... I have created a form in Word 2007 that includes both legacy check boxes and Text content controls. I want to protect the document from changes to all but editing the controls. When I use the Document Protection button, the check box controls operate, but the Text box controls do not. Then I read Jay Freedman's response to the Content Control Titles Vanishing question explaining that content controls cannot be protected in this manner. So I removed protection, selected the entire document and added a Rich text control. Now, the Text box content controls work but the check box controls do not work. What is the procedure to use both types of controls and provide protection to all form content and still allow users to complete the information in the controls? I could not find a check box content control, only the Legacy check box control. Also, the check box control does not operate until I add protection and allow editing of controls. Is there a way to test check box controls before adding protection, or will they only work with protection on? -- |
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I added a continuous section break and protected that section. The checkbox
controls work and everything in the protected section works. The next section that contains the text content controls is not protected and the controls work also. However, other text within that section is not protected from changes. So I tried to create a Rich text control of that section, but the option was dimmed. Anyway to protect content in this section and keep the controls working? I tried changing the check box control to an active x check box control, but this seemed to have an adverse effect on the text content controls... Also, can you answer the last two questions in my first post? Thanks! -- Linda "Linda" wrote: I have created a form in Word 2007 that includes both legacy check boxes and Text content controls. I want to protect the document from changes to all but editing the controls. When I use the Document Protection button, the check box controls operate, but the Text box controls do not. Then I read Jay Freedman's response to the Content Control Titles Vanishing question explaining that content controls cannot be protected in this manner. So I removed protection, selected the entire document and added a Rich text control. Now, the Text box content controls work but the check box controls do not work. What is the procedure to use both types of controls and provide protection to all form content and still allow users to complete the information in the controls? I could not find a check box content control, only the Legacy check box control. Also, the check box control does not operate until I add protection and allow editing of controls. Is there a way to test check box controls before adding protection, or will they only work with protection on? -- |
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When working with legacy checkbox controls, the only method for testing is
to turn protection on. As for why the Rich Text control was dimmed, I would guess that you were working with one of the sections protected? If so, do all your design work without protection and then all your testing with protection turned on. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Linda" wrote in message ... I added a continuous section break and protected that section. The checkbox controls work and everything in the protected section works. The next section that contains the text content controls is not protected and the controls work also. However, other text within that section is not protected from changes. So I tried to create a Rich text control of that section, but the option was dimmed. Anyway to protect content in this section and keep the controls working? I tried changing the check box control to an active x check box control, but this seemed to have an adverse effect on the text content controls... Also, can you answer the last two questions in my first post? Thanks! -- Linda "Linda" wrote: I have created a form in Word 2007 that includes both legacy check boxes and Text content controls. I want to protect the document from changes to all but editing the controls. When I use the Document Protection button, the check box controls operate, but the Text box controls do not. Then I read Jay Freedman's response to the Content Control Titles Vanishing question explaining that content controls cannot be protected in this manner. So I removed protection, selected the entire document and added a Rich text control. Now, the Text box content controls work but the check box controls do not work. What is the procedure to use both types of controls and provide protection to all form content and still allow users to complete the information in the controls? I could not find a check box content control, only the Legacy check box control. Also, the check box control does not operate until I add protection and allow editing of controls. Is there a way to test check box controls before adding protection, or will they only work with protection on? -- |
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Yes, I turned off protection for the other sections and was able to enclose
the one area in a rich text control... all worked. Thanks. -- Linda "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: When working with legacy checkbox controls, the only method for testing is to turn protection on. As for why the Rich Text control was dimmed, I would guess that you were working with one of the sections protected? If so, do all your design work without protection and then all your testing with protection turned on. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Linda" wrote in message ... I added a continuous section break and protected that section. The checkbox controls work and everything in the protected section works. The next section that contains the text content controls is not protected and the controls work also. However, other text within that section is not protected from changes. So I tried to create a Rich text control of that section, but the option was dimmed. Anyway to protect content in this section and keep the controls working? I tried changing the check box control to an active x check box control, but this seemed to have an adverse effect on the text content controls... Also, can you answer the last two questions in my first post? Thanks! -- Linda "Linda" wrote: I have created a form in Word 2007 that includes both legacy check boxes and Text content controls. I want to protect the document from changes to all but editing the controls. When I use the Document Protection button, the check box controls operate, but the Text box controls do not. Then I read Jay Freedman's response to the Content Control Titles Vanishing question explaining that content controls cannot be protected in this manner. So I removed protection, selected the entire document and added a Rich text control. Now, the Text box content controls work but the check box controls do not work. What is the procedure to use both types of controls and provide protection to all form content and still allow users to complete the information in the controls? I could not find a check box content control, only the Legacy check box control. Also, the check box control does not operate until I add protection and allow editing of controls. Is there a way to test check box controls before adding protection, or will they only work with protection on? -- |
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