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user editable tables in protected documents
Hi,
I am designing a protected form in Word 2003. I need one part to be a table that the user needs to complete. The number of rows can be anything from 1 to 100 so it needs to expand automatically. I have seen this done with another form where the user editable area seems to be a separate table with a single row separate from the tables containing the non-editable areas. However I can't work out how to make a table editable in a protected document, nor can I work out how to position it directly below another table so that there is no blank space between them. All help gratefully received :-) TIA Richard |
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The "no blank space" requirement is not surmountable so far as I know. But
you can come close by changing the font size of the intervening blank paragraph.You can make a section of what Word calls an online form unprotected. To do this you have to use Tools Protect Document rather than just click on the lock button on the toolbar. For more about online forms, follow the links at http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Richard" wrote in message ... Hi, I am designing a protected form in Word 2003. I need one part to be a table that the user needs to complete. The number of rows can be anything from 1 to 100 so it needs to expand automatically. I have seen this done with another form where the user editable area seems to be a separate table with a single row separate from the tables containing the non-editable areas. However I can't work out how to make a table editable in a protected document, nor can I work out how to position it directly below another table so that there is no blank space between them. All help gratefully received :-) TIA Richard |
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
: You can make a section of what Word calls an online form unprotected. To do this you have to use Tools Protect Document rather than just click on the lock button on the toolbar. Thanks for your reply. I read the online help page about this. It seems that making areas of a document unprotected is only possible when you select "Comments" rather than "forms", at least, the "exceptions" boxes only appear when "comments" is selected (Word 2003). I know it must be possible to do this because I have a form where this is done. I have uploaded a small part of it to my web site at: http://www.festiveroad.net/sample table.doc If you examine it it is actually three tables and the centre one is editable. There are no macros or any other customisations in the document. The "no blank space" requirement is not surmountable so far as I know. I think I have solved this one. It seems if you create a new table immediately below an existing one and use a different style for the new table, it is created as a separate table immediately below the existing one. -- Richard. |
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You missed the implications of Charles's use of the word "section." You must
insert section breaks around the part you want to leave unprotected. Then when you use Tools | Protect Document, you have a choice of which sections to protect. -- 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. "Richard" wrote in message ... "Charles Kenyon" wrote in : You can make a section of what Word calls an online form unprotected. To do this you have to use Tools Protect Document rather than just click on the lock button on the toolbar. Thanks for your reply. I read the online help page about this. It seems that making areas of a document unprotected is only possible when you select "Comments" rather than "forms", at least, the "exceptions" boxes only appear when "comments" is selected (Word 2003). I know it must be possible to do this because I have a form where this is done. I have uploaded a small part of it to my web site at: http://www.festiveroad.net/sample table.doc If you examine it it is actually three tables and the centre one is editable. There are no macros or any other customisations in the document. The "no blank space" requirement is not surmountable so far as I know. I think I have solved this one. It seems if you create a new table immediately below an existing one and use a different style for the new table, it is created as a separate table immediately below the existing one. -- Richard. |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in
: You missed the implications of Charles's use of the word "section." You're right, I did! I've now learnt two new things today. Thank you both very much :-) |
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