[dewaaz]

Hi

I'd like to use forms in Word 2007 to create some fields where numbers are
typed in, and then another field gets updated at the bottom of the page with
the sum of all the previous numbers.

This can be done in Word 2003, and even in Word 2007 through legacy controls
- fine - but to use legacy controls in 2007, the document must be protected.


In Word 2007, dropdown lists don't require the document to be protected -
great! But Word 2007 doesn't seem to allow fields where numbers are inputted
and a total given elsewhere - it seems like legacy controls must be used. But
then because they are legacy controls, the document needs to be protected.

Is there a way to get numbers in some fields and totals outputted somewhere
using native Word 2007 functionality, and not legacy controls? I ask this
because then I would not need to protect my document. I can do this with
dropdown lists currently, but there doesn't seem to be a way to have the sums
and totals using numbers, unless legacy controls are used.

I amaware of being able to protect portions of a document using section
breaks, but I want to allow editing of a table in which contains controls -
in short, I just want to be able to create a form with no protection - which
can be done with dropdown lists - but I want to have controls for
manipulating numbers WITHOUT having to resort to legacy controls (which
require protection).


Thanks to whoever can help