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Form Trouble
Hello!
I have a template for a form which I originally created on an old Mac version of Word. I converted it to a Word XP version a few years ago, and it worked fine under Word 2003. I just went to use it in Word 2007, and I can't find the Lock button to put me in the first field and allow me to tab through the remaining fields in order. Where's the blasted lock? Or do I have to do something else? Les |
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Form Trouble
On the Developer tab, near the right end, the Protect Document button
opens the task pane. That's the hard way. In the Word Options Customize dialog, select Commands Not In the Ribbon and add the Protect Document item from that list to the QAT. Clicking that button (whose icon is unfortunately an anonymous green circle) brings up a much smaller dialog where you can just double-click the Forms item to turn on Forms protection. It's only a little more cumbersome than the old lock item instead of a lot more cumbersome. Part of the reason this stuff has become so hard is that protected forms are now the Old Way. Try making some forms using the new Content Controls instead. One big advantage is that you can protect small pieces of the form -- as little as one field -- without adding section breaks or making the rest of the document nearly unusable. -- 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. On 25 Jan 2007 16:25:42 -0800, "Poliwog" wrote: Hello! I have a template for a form which I originally created on an old Mac version of Word. I converted it to a Word XP version a few years ago, and it worked fine under Word 2003. I just went to use it in Word 2007, and I can't find the Lock button to put me in the first field and allow me to tab through the remaining fields in order. Where's the blasted lock? Or do I have to do something else? Les |
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Thank you!
I needed much more confusion in my life. I should'a done the original in FileMaker. (No one can use Access.) Oh well... Les On Jan 25, 8:45 pm, Jay Freedman wrote: On the Developer tab, near the right end, the Protect Document button opens the task pane. That's the hard way. In the Word Options Customize dialog, select Commands Not In the Ribbon and add the Protect Document item from that list to the QAT. Clicking that button (whose icon is unfortunately an anonymous green circle) brings up a much smaller dialog where you can just double-click the Forms item to turn on Forms protection. It's only a little more cumbersome than the old lock item instead of a lot more cumbersome. Part of the reason this stuff has become so hard is that protected forms are now the Old Way. Try making some forms using the new Content Controls instead. One big advantage is that you can protect small pieces of the form -- as little as one field -- without adding section breaks or making the rest of the document nearly unusable. -- 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. On 25 Jan 2007 16:25:42 -0800, "Poliwog" wrote: Hello! I have a template for a form which I originally created on an old Mac version of Word. I converted it to a Word XP version a few years ago, and it worked fine under Word 2003. I just went to use it in Word 2007, and I can't find the Lock button to put me in the first field and allow me to tab through the remaining fields in order. Where's the blasted lock? Or do I have to do something else? Les |
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