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how can I open word without the control toobox becoming active
Can anyone tell me how to prevent the control toolbox popping up (and being
active) when I open a new word template? I suspect that whoever created the template has used 'form fields' in the document, and as a consequence each time a new document based upon the template is opened the control toolbox apprears, and the document starts up in Design Mode. |
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how can I open word without the control toobox becoming active
Janet B wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to prevent the control toolbox popping up (and being active) when I open a new word template? I suspect that whoever created the template has used 'form fields' in the document, and as a consequence each time a new document based upon the template is opened the control toolbox apprears, and the document starts up in Design Mode. It isn't "form fields", it's one or more of the controls from the Control Toolbox, which are ActiveX controls. Word considers ActiveX controls to be possible security threats, just like macros. If you have Word's security level set to block macros, it will also block ActiveX controls, with the result that the document is in Design Mode. Go to Tools Macro Security and set the level to Medium. Close and reopen the document. Now you'll see a message about whether to enable macros (even if the document contains only ActiveX controls and no macros). Click the Enable button. You'll have to click Enable every time you open the document to avoid Design Mode. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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