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How do I turn on Design View (Mode)?
I want to change the tab order in a form that I have created. In an answer
to a question posted by someone else, Jay Freedman mentions to go to "Design View". Where is Design View (or Design Mode)? I cannot find it in the View menu. I am using Word 2000. |
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Robin wrote:
I want to change the tab order in a form that I have created. In an answer to a question posted by someone else, Jay Freedman mentions to go to "Design View". Where is Design View (or Design Mode)? I cannot find it in the View menu. I am using Word 2000. I heard someone say my name. :-) First let's establish exactly what you're working on. Is this a form using fields from the Forms toolbar, and "protected for forms"? You aren't making a "userform" (custom dialog) using the macro editor? And you haven't used anything from the Control Toolbox? If that's correct, then Design Mode has nothing to do with it. You should follow the examples at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm, which use macros to select the next form field when the user presses the Tab key. You don't want Design Mode, trust me. g It happens when you open the Control Toolbox from View Toolbars. When you finish inserting and configuring those items, you click a button to turn off Design Mode, and then the controls operate. If you send that document to someone else and they open the document while macros are disabled by a high macro security setting, Design Mode will appear again, with no explanation to the user of why their document doesn't work right. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Thanks, Jay. You were correct in assuming I was creating a protected form
only using the Forms toolbar, not the Control toolbox. Unfortunately, not being able to change the tab order just gives me one more reason why I don't like Word. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Robin wrote: I want to change the tab order in a form that I have created. In an answer to a question posted by someone else, Jay Freedman mentions to go to "Design View". Where is Design View (or Design Mode)? I cannot find it in the View menu. I am using Word 2000. I heard someone say my name. :-) First let's establish exactly what you're working on. Is this a form using fields from the Forms toolbar, and "protected for forms"? You aren't making a "userform" (custom dialog) using the macro editor? And you haven't used anything from the Control Toolbox? If that's correct, then Design Mode has nothing to do with it. You should follow the examples at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm, which use macros to select the next form field when the user presses the Tab key. You don't want Design Mode, trust me. g It happens when you open the Control Toolbox from View Toolbars. When you finish inserting and configuring those items, you click a button to turn off Design Mode, and then the controls operate. If you send that document to someone else and they open the document while macros are disabled by a high macro security setting, Design Mode will appear again, with no explanation to the user of why their document doesn't work right. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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I did *not* say you can't change the tab order. What I did say was
that *if* you're using form fields, you *can* change the tab order by writing macros to control it, as explained in the article. Go have a look at it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:50:03 -0700, "Robin" wrote: Thanks, Jay. You were correct in assuming I was creating a protected form only using the Forms toolbar, not the Control toolbox. Unfortunately, not being able to change the tab order just gives me one more reason why I don't like Word. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Robin wrote: I want to change the tab order in a form that I have created. In an answer to a question posted by someone else, Jay Freedman mentions to go to "Design View". Where is Design View (or Design Mode)? I cannot find it in the View menu. I am using Word 2000. I heard someone say my name. :-) First let's establish exactly what you're working on. Is this a form using fields from the Forms toolbar, and "protected for forms"? You aren't making a "userform" (custom dialog) using the macro editor? And you haven't used anything from the Control Toolbox? If that's correct, then Design Mode has nothing to do with it. You should follow the examples at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm, which use macros to select the next form field when the user presses the Tab key. You don't want Design Mode, trust me. g It happens when you open the Control Toolbox from View Toolbars. When you finish inserting and configuring those items, you click a button to turn off Design Mode, and then the controls operate. If you send that document to someone else and they open the document while macros are disabled by a high macro security setting, Design Mode will appear again, with no explanation to the user of why their document doesn't work right. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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I remember from way back in 2000, that you could change the tab order by
changing the name of the bookmark - or something equally as reasonable. Does this not work anymore? As well, weren't we able to add buttons with common properties (like "Save")? "Jay Freedman" wrote: I did *not* say you can't change the tab order. What I did say was that *if* you're using form fields, you *can* change the tab order by writing macros to control it, as explained in the article. Go have a look at it. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:50:03 -0700, "Robin" wrote: Thanks, Jay. You were correct in assuming I was creating a protected form only using the Forms toolbar, not the Control toolbox. Unfortunately, not being able to change the tab order just gives me one more reason why I don't like Word. "Jay Freedman" wrote: Robin wrote: I want to change the tab order in a form that I have created. In an answer to a question posted by someone else, Jay Freedman mentions to go to "Design View". Where is Design View (or Design Mode)? I cannot find it in the View menu. I am using Word 2000. I heard someone say my name. :-) First let's establish exactly what you're working on. Is this a form using fields from the Forms toolbar, and "protected for forms"? You aren't making a "userform" (custom dialog) using the macro editor? And you haven't used anything from the Control Toolbox? If that's correct, then Design Mode has nothing to do with it. You should follow the examples at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SetTabOrder.htm, which use macros to select the next form field when the user presses the Tab key. You don't want Design Mode, trust me. g It happens when you open the Control Toolbox from View Toolbars. When you finish inserting and configuring those items, you click a button to turn off Design Mode, and then the controls operate. If you send that document to someone else and they open the document while macros are disabled by a high macro security setting, Design Mode will appear again, with no explanation to the user of why their document doesn't work right. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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