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If field in forms
I will look into that - I have never used autotext for inserting variable
data or used userforms. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Insert a section and protect only the section that contains your form fields, though really you would do better to investigate autotext for the insertion of your variable data or better still userforms to gather the data and place it Word MVP FAQ - Userforms http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm see also http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ab wrote: Thanks Graham, that seems to be working for me now. I just have the problem with the protect/unprotect bit (i.e. when I protect the template and save it, on opening a new document I have to unprotect it to get the drop-down box to work and then protect it again to be able to type on the rest of the form which is one page laid out in two columns. Can you help, please? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It depends on whose advice you are following If mine, you only need 1 drop down field. The calculate on exit property of that field must be checked. Lock the form. The conditional (IF) field is updated from the choice in the dropdown field. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org ab wrote: Sorry to be a nuisance - I have been experimenting with the different advice given and now appear to have got the fields OK with the drop-down box and the If field in the qualification box. Next problem: when I protect the template and save it, on opening a new document I have to unprotect it to get the drop-down box to work and then protect it again to be able to type on the rest of the form which is one page laid out in two columns. What am I missing here, please? "ab" wrote in message ... Sorry but I don't think I've got the hang of this. The drop-down box with the names works fine - I have that in the template. When I go to the box lower down the page where I want the qualification, I can't get this right. I have tried creating a new macro with the details (amended with the correct names, etc) but when I try to run it, I get "run time error 438, Object does not support this property". If I try to do an If field, I am not sure how to enter the info. Thanks for your help. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... With ActiveDocument.FormFields("Name").DropDown If .ListEntries(.Value) = "John Smith" Then ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "RIBA" ElseIf .ListEntries(.Value) = "Jane Brown" Then ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "RICS" Else ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "ACIAT" End If End With -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "ab" wrote in message ... Reading through, I don't think I explained it very well. The form has a drop-down box for the three people. Further down the form I have to enter their qualifications. One is RIBA, one is RICS, one is ACIAT. Depending on which of the three are required, I then put in the appropriate qualifiication. "ab" wrote in message ... There are three names and three qualifications. "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Do you want the user to be able to select an alternate qualification from the second DropDown, or is the qualification intended to be fixed based on the name selected in the first DropDown? If that is not the case, it would be better to use a Text FormField for the qualification and run a macro on exit from the Drop Down to determine the entry that was selected and then use the .Result property of the Text FormField to display the appropriate qualification. If there are only a couple of entries in the DropDown list, an If field could be used With ActiveDocument.FormFields("Name").DropDown If .ListEntries(.Value) = "John Smith" Then ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "ARIBA" Else 'Jane Brown was selected ActiveDocument.FormFields("Qualification").Result = "ARICS" End If End With but if there are many more than that, then it may be better to use a Select Case construction. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "ab" wrote in message ... I have created a form to be filled in using Word 2003. I have two drop-down boxes which I need to link somehow. What I want to do is: If the name in the first drop-down box is "John Smith" The qualification in the next drop-down box is "ARIBA" If the name in the first drop-down box is "Jane Brown", The qualification in the next drop-down box is "ARICS" Help would be appreciated please. TIA |
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