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Updating Fillable Word Document without clearing form field conten
One of our users wants to be able to modify a fillable Word form but keep the
contents of the existing form fields intact. They have a questionnaire that they want to add new questions to, but they don't want to wipe out the answers to the existing questions that are saved in form fields on the form. Any idea how we can do this? Would Mailmerge work for this situation or possibly Access? Thanks for the help. Ken K. - 2191 |
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Have them display the Forms toolbar, and toggle the protection using the
padlock icon. You could also program a macro button for them to use to toggle protection on and off. This is the code that I use: Sub proToggleFormLock() 'Toggle the Protection on and off If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdAllowOnlyFormFields Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="mypassword" Else ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="mypassword", NoReset:=True, Type:= _ wdAllowOnlyFormFields End If End Sub -- 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. "akkrug" wrote in message ... One of our users wants to be able to modify a fillable Word form but keep the contents of the existing form fields intact. They have a questionnaire that they want to add new questions to, but they don't want to wipe out the answers to the existing questions that are saved in form fields on the form. Any idea how we can do this? Would Mailmerge work for this situation or possibly Access? Thanks for the help. Ken K. - 2191 |
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Dawn,
Thanks so much. Your macro works very well!! Ken K. - 2191 -- akkrug "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: Have them display the Forms toolbar, and toggle the protection using the padlock icon. You could also program a macro button for them to use to toggle protection on and off. This is the code that I use: Sub proToggleFormLock() 'Toggle the Protection on and off If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdAllowOnlyFormFields Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="mypassword" Else ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="mypassword", NoReset:=True, Type:= _ wdAllowOnlyFormFields End If End Sub -- 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. "akkrug" wrote in message ... One of our users wants to be able to modify a fillable Word form but keep the contents of the existing form fields intact. They have a questionnaire that they want to add new questions to, but they don't want to wipe out the answers to the existing questions that are saved in form fields on the form. Any idea how we can do this? Would Mailmerge work for this situation or possibly Access? Thanks for the help. Ken K. - 2191 |
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Good to hear!
-- 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. "akkrug" wrote in message ... Dawn, Thanks so much. Your macro works very well!! Ken K. - 2191 -- akkrug "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: Have them display the Forms toolbar, and toggle the protection using the padlock icon. You could also program a macro button for them to use to toggle protection on and off. This is the code that I use: Sub proToggleFormLock() 'Toggle the Protection on and off If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType = wdAllowOnlyFormFields Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="mypassword" Else ActiveDocument.Protect Password:="mypassword", NoReset:=True, Type:= _ wdAllowOnlyFormFields End If End Sub -- 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. "akkrug" wrote in message ... One of our users wants to be able to modify a fillable Word form but keep the contents of the existing form fields intact. They have a questionnaire that they want to add new questions to, but they don't want to wipe out the answers to the existing questions that are saved in form fields on the form. Any idea how we can do this? Would Mailmerge work for this situation or possibly Access? Thanks for the help. Ken K. - 2191 |
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