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Tick box in Word document
I requested this information before and I want to thank Suzanne and Charles
for their response. I have manage to get the tick boxes to work within a Word document and not as a form. The problem is that I have to create a number of documents from a template and distribute to users. When the file is open on a different computer I have problems using the check box. Firstly, when the document is created, it does not have the macros "CheckIt" and "UncheckIt". Secondly, I get the error message: Run Time error 5941: The requested member of the collection does not exist. The question is how do I distribute the documents with the necessary macros and AutoText? many thanks George |
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AutoText can't be stored in documents and it's not a good idea to store the
macros in a document, either, because of the warning they will generate. Better to store both in a document template or Normal.dot. I suspect you intended to save them in your document template but didn't have the "customization" context set correctly. When you create a macro, you have to have "Macros in" set to your document template; similarly, the "Look in" setting in the AutoText dialog must be set to your template. At this point, however, you can move the AutoText entries and the macros from wherever they are to your document template using the Organizer. -- 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. "GeorgeMar" wrote in message ... I requested this information before and I want to thank Suzanne and Charles for their response. I have manage to get the tick boxes to work within a Word document and not as a form. The problem is that I have to create a number of documents from a template and distribute to users. When the file is open on a different computer I have problems using the check box. Firstly, when the document is created, it does not have the macros "CheckIt" and "UncheckIt". Secondly, I get the error message: Run Time error 5941: The requested member of the collection does not exist. The question is how do I distribute the documents with the necessary macros and AutoText? many thanks George |
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Thank you Suzanne.
I will try your suggestion. The issue that I have is that the document is sent to other people and opened on their computers, some are on the LAN and some are stand alone. If the macros and the AutoText are stored in the template, how does one open the document on another computer? Are you suggesting sending the document as well as the template? I plead ignorance here! Many thanks george "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: AutoText can't be stored in documents and it's not a good idea to store the macros in a document, either, because of the warning they will generate. Better to store both in a document template or Normal.dot. I suspect you intended to save them in your document template but didn't have the "customization" context set correctly. When you create a macro, you have to have "Macros in" set to your document template; similarly, the "Look in" setting in the AutoText dialog must be set to your template. At this point, however, you can move the AutoText entries and the macros from wherever they are to your document template using the Organizer. -- 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. "GeorgeMar" wrote in message ... I requested this information before and I want to thank Suzanne and Charles for their response. I have manage to get the tick boxes to work within a Word document and not as a form. The problem is that I have to create a number of documents from a template and distribute to users. When the file is open on a different computer I have problems using the check box. Firstly, when the document is created, it does not have the macros "CheckIt" and "UncheckIt". Secondly, I get the error message: Run Time error 5941: The requested member of the collection does not exist. The question is how do I distribute the documents with the necessary macros and AutoText? many thanks George |
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You send the template. They save the template in their templates folder.
They then create a new document (your form) based on the template. -- 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. "GeorgeMar" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. I will try your suggestion. The issue that I have is that the document is sent to other people and opened on their computers, some are on the LAN and some are stand alone. If the macros and the AutoText are stored in the template, how does one open the document on another computer? Are you suggesting sending the document as well as the template? I plead ignorance here! Many thanks george "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: AutoText can't be stored in documents and it's not a good idea to store the macros in a document, either, because of the warning they will generate. Better to store both in a document template or Normal.dot. I suspect you intended to save them in your document template but didn't have the "customization" context set correctly. When you create a macro, you have to have "Macros in" set to your document template; similarly, the "Look in" setting in the AutoText dialog must be set to your template. At this point, however, you can move the AutoText entries and the macros from wherever they are to your document template using the Organizer. -- 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. "GeorgeMar" wrote in message ... I requested this information before and I want to thank Suzanne and Charles for their response. I have manage to get the tick boxes to work within a Word document and not as a form. The problem is that I have to create a number of documents from a template and distribute to users. When the file is open on a different computer I have problems using the check box. Firstly, when the document is created, it does not have the macros "CheckIt" and "UncheckIt". Secondly, I get the error message: Run Time error 5941: The requested member of the collection does not exist. The question is how do I distribute the documents with the necessary macros and AutoText? many thanks George |
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This is going to be a problem, as you have no control over the users. If you
put the macros in a document, chances are they will be turned off by the user. The autotexts cannot be saved in a document. They need to be in a template, so you would have to distribute the template to which you have added the macros and the autotexts. I doubt that this will be practical unless all the users are in the same organisation ideally on the same network. So its back to plan A - the form -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org GeorgeMar wrote: I requested this information before and I want to thank Suzanne and Charles for their response. I have manage to get the tick boxes to work within a Word document and not as a form. The problem is that I have to create a number of documents from a template and distribute to users. When the file is open on a different computer I have problems using the check box. Firstly, when the document is created, it does not have the macros "CheckIt" and "UncheckIt". Secondly, I get the error message: Run Time error 5941: The requested member of the collection does not exist. The question is how do I distribute the documents with the necessary macros and AutoText? many thanks George |
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