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Form Field Errors
I am inserting a numeric form field into a Word 6 document. The field is
formatted as numeric, 10 characters, number format "0". Then I protect the form and store it as a template. However, any time I produce a document based on the template, it allows me to place up to 10 text or numeric characters into the field. What am I doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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Already answered. The setting doesn't have any effect until you move out of
the field. It doesn't stop you entering anything you like within the field. wrote in message ... I am inserting a numeric form field into a Word 6 document. The field is formatted as numeric, 10 characters, number format "0". Then I protect the form and store it as a template. However, any time I produce a document based on the template, it allows me to place up to 10 text or numeric characters into the field. What am I doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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We've recently discovered that it doesn't prevent you from entering anything
you like in the field, *and* it doesn't give you any kind of error message, either. If the field is numeric and you create a number mask, then when you enter numbers, they're formatted with that mask, but you can type your name (or any other alphabetic text) and Word accepts it without demur. Clearly a bug, and seems to be new in Word 2003 unless we're just now noticing it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jezebel" wrote in message ... Already answered. The setting doesn't have any effect until you move out of the field. It doesn't stop you entering anything you like within the field. wrote in message ... I am inserting a numeric form field into a Word 6 document. The field is formatted as numeric, 10 characters, number format "0". Then I protect the form and store it as a template. However, any time I produce a document based on the template, it allows me to place up to 10 text or numeric characters into the field. What am I doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. |
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