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The material you quoted did appear in your previous message, although it
might not have shown on the web page you were using. As I answered there, the macro applies the same shading as the Borders and Shading dialog, and there is no need to use the dialog. To answer your second question, while you're creating the form and the document is unprotected, double-click the form field or click the Properties button on the Forms toolbar to open the field's Properties dialog. At the top right of the dialog, enter your text in the Default Text box. -- 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. Aliza Berger-Cooper wrote: I see that the Microsoft advice I quoted might not have come through. It was: To add shading to a printed form, select the form field you want to emphasize, and then click Borders and Shading (Format menu). On the Shading tab, select the shading options you want. To top this off, is it possible to pre-fill a form field with text that will disappear when the person types in the field? E.g the text field will be pre-filled with "Name" until the person types in their name. And how will this work in conjunction with the shading options? -Aliza in Jerusalem Aliza Berger-Cooper wrote: All Groups Ask New Question Developer Outlook AddIns Excel Excel Charting Excel Crashes GPFs Excel Miscellaneous Excel New Users Excel Programming Excel Setup Excel Worksheet Groove MAC Office MAC Off 27-Jan-10 Jay, Thanks so much for your helpful answer. I have a followup question. I want the user to be able to print the form (partially completed) with the blank fields shaded and the filled fields unshaded (accomplished as per your instructions). The Microsoft site says this: To add shading to a printed form, select the form field you want to emphasize, and then click Borders and Shading (Format menu). On the Shading tab, select the shading options you want. Will this work in conjunction with your advice? TIA again. Aliza in Jerusalem Previous Posts In This Thread: Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice The FAST TRACK to ASP.NET http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...to-aspnet.aspx |
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