I have an online form that people need to fill out using form fields--some
have text, others have numbers, and some are check boxes. People complained
that they couldn't spell check they text boxes. So...I am not word savvy
enough to use Macros, but I want to break up the sections and protect certain
ones and then spellcheck will work with the unprotected sections. HELP!

Interesting idea, but the parts that you want people to fill
out will have to be in the protected sections, so there
isn't much point in spellchecking the unprotected sections.

wordnerd wrote:

I have an online form that people need to fill out using form fields--some
have text, others have numbers, and some are check boxes. People complained
that they couldn't spell check they text boxes. So...I am not word savvy
enough to use Macros, but I want to break up the sections and protect certain
ones and then spellcheck will work with the unprotected sections. HELP!

Actually I don't care if the part the user types is protected(it's only a
blank line). I want the original form/document to maintain its integrity so
users don't alter the questions. What I did was break the table up using
continuous breaks (at first I didn't realize it was breaking because it just
thickens the line of the table). There ended up being 70 sections, then I
went through and protected all the sections I didn't want altered. All the
sections that ARE NOT protected are just blank cells where they can insert
text. I finally outsmarted word!!!

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Interesting idea, but the parts that you want people to fill
out will have to be in the protected sections, so there
isn't much point in spellchecking the unprotected sections.

wordnerd wrote:

I have an online form that people need to fill out using form fields--some
have text, others have numbers, and some are check boxes. People complained
that they couldn't spell check they text boxes. So...I am not word savvy
enough to use Macros, but I want to break up the sections and protect certain
ones and then spellcheck will work with the unprotected sections. HELP!

Well, that's the way protected documents are *supposed* to work. You could
accomplish the same thing by inserting a text form field where you want
users to insert data.

--
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.

"wordnerd" wrote in message
...
Actually I don't care if the part the user types is protected(it's only a
blank line). I want the original form/document to maintain its integrity
so
users don't alter the questions. What I did was break the table up using
continuous breaks (at first I didn't realize it was breaking because it
just
thickens the line of the table). There ended up being 70 sections, then I
went through and protected all the sections I didn't want altered. All the
sections that ARE NOT protected are just blank cells where they can insert
text. I finally outsmarted word!!!

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Interesting idea, but the parts that you want people to fill
out will have to be in the protected sections, so there
isn't much point in spellchecking the unprotected sections.

wordnerd wrote:

I have an online form that people need to fill out using form
fields--some
have text, others have numbers, and some are check boxes. People
complained
that they couldn't spell check they text boxes. So...I am not word
savvy
enough to use Macros, but I want to break up the sections and protect
certain
ones and then spellcheck will work with the unprotected sections.
HELP!

Would the text form field allow users to spellcheck though? That's how it
used to be set up and spell check was disabled. The suggestion I had to type
it in word and copy it into the form fields didn't go over too well.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Well, that's the way protected documents are *supposed* to work. You could
accomplish the same thing by inserting a text form field where you want
users to insert data.

--
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.

"wordnerd" wrote in message
...
Actually I don't care if the part the user types is protected(it's only a
blank line). I want the original form/document to maintain its integrity
so
users don't alter the questions. What I did was break the table up using
continuous breaks (at first I didn't realize it was breaking because it
just
thickens the line of the table). There ended up being 70 sections, then I
went through and protected all the sections I didn't want altered. All the
sections that ARE NOT protected are just blank cells where they can insert
text. I finally outsmarted word!!!

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Interesting idea, but the parts that you want people to fill
out will have to be in the protected sections, so there
isn't much point in spellchecking the unprotected sections.

wordnerd wrote:

I have an online form that people need to fill out using form
fields--some
have text, others have numbers, and some are check boxes. People
complained
that they couldn't spell check they text boxes. So...I am not word
savvy
enough to use Macros, but I want to break up the sections and protect
certain
ones and then spellcheck will work with the unprotected sections.
HELP!

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/...ProtectDoc.htm

--
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.

"wordnerd" wrote in message
...
Would the text form field allow users to spellcheck though? That's how it
used to be set up and spell check was disabled. The suggestion I had to
type
it in word and copy it into the form fields didn't go over too well.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Well, that's the way protected documents are *supposed* to work. You
could
accomplish the same thing by inserting a text form field where you want
users to insert data.

--
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.

"wordnerd" wrote in message
...
Actually I don't care if the part the user types is protected(it's
only a
blank line). I want the original form/document to maintain its
integrity
so
users don't alter the questions. What I did was break the table up
using
continuous breaks (at first I didn't realize it was breaking because
it
just
thickens the line of the table). There ended up being 70 sections,
then I
went through and protected all the sections I didn't want altered. All
the
sections that ARE NOT protected are just blank cells where they can
insert
text. I finally outsmarted word!!!

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

Interesting idea, but the parts that you want people to fill
out will have to be in the protected sections, so there
isn't much point in spellchecking the unprotected sections.

wordnerd wrote:

I have an online form that people need to fill out using form
fields--some
have text, others have numbers, and some are check boxes. People
complained
that they couldn't spell check they text boxes. So...I am not word
savvy
enough to use Macros, but I want to break up the sections and
protect
certain
ones and then spellcheck will work with the unprotected sections.
HELP!