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Check box question
I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1
textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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Check box question
If you create the form as a template and instruct users to install it in the
folder assigned to user templates or workgroup templates *and* if they have "Trust all installed templates and add-ins" checked on the Trusted Sources tab of Tools | Macro | Security, there will be no dialog. -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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Check box question (slightly different question)
Is there a way to do a mail merge into a document that has been protected as
a form. Google has been of little help. My inclination is that it can not be done, but I am an amateur compared to you. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you create the form as a template and instruct users to install it in the folder assigned to user templates or workgroup templates *and* if they have "Trust all installed templates and add-ins" checked on the Trusted Sources tab of Tools | Macro | Security, there will be no dialog. -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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Check box question (slightly different question)
I've never tried to do this, and I'm having a hard time envisioning exactly
what you are trying to accomplish. My gut feeling is that it would not be possible, but can you provide a better description of where the merge fields would be placed? -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... Is there a way to do a mail merge into a document that has been protected as a form. Google has been of little help. My inclination is that it can not be done, but I am an amateur compared to you. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you create the form as a template and instruct users to install it in the folder assigned to user templates or workgroup templates *and* if they have "Trust all installed templates and add-ins" checked on the Trusted Sources tab of Tools | Macro | Security, there will be no dialog. -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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Check box question (slightly different question)
Sorry if I was to vague.
I would like to create a Mail Merge document and then Protect it as Form (Tools|Protect Document|Form) so no one can change the text. They could then run a merge to populate the Merge fields with data from an Excel file, filtering for just the records required (using Office 2002) from Mail Merge Recipients. The text would always be identical (can not be edited), only the Merged data would vary. The questions is: Can I do this with a Word Mail Merge into a protected document? Thank you for you time. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've never tried to do this, and I'm having a hard time envisioning exactly what you are trying to accomplish. My gut feeling is that it would not be possible, but can you provide a better description of where the merge fields would be placed? -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... Is there a way to do a mail merge into a document that has been protected as a form. Google has been of little help. My inclination is that it can not be done, but I am an amateur compared to you. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you create the form as a template and instruct users to install it in the folder assigned to user templates or workgroup templates *and* if they have "Trust all installed templates and add-ins" checked on the Trusted Sources tab of Tools | Macro | Security, there will be no dialog. -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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Check box question (slightly different question)
I suspect that forms protection and mail merge are incompatible. The merge
fields would have to be in unprotected areas of the document, and the only way to have (isolate) unprotected areas is with form fields; I don't believe you can put merge fields in form fields. I could be entirely wrong, however; I haven't tried this. Have you? -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... Sorry if I was to vague. I would like to create a Mail Merge document and then Protect it as Form (Tools|Protect Document|Form) so no one can change the text. They could then run a merge to populate the Merge fields with data from an Excel file, filtering for just the records required (using Office 2002) from Mail Merge Recipients. The text would always be identical (can not be edited), only the Merged data would vary. The questions is: Can I do this with a Word Mail Merge into a protected document? Thank you for you time. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've never tried to do this, and I'm having a hard time envisioning exactly what you are trying to accomplish. My gut feeling is that it would not be possible, but can you provide a better description of where the merge fields would be placed? -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... Is there a way to do a mail merge into a document that has been protected as a form. Google has been of little help. My inclination is that it can not be done, but I am an amateur compared to you. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you create the form as a template and instruct users to install it in the folder assigned to user templates or workgroup templates *and* if they have "Trust all installed templates and add-ins" checked on the Trusted Sources tab of Tools | Macro | Security, there will be no dialog. -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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Check box question (slightly different question)
Unfortunately, you would seem to be correct - Mail Merge and Protected forms
are incompatible. The MailMerge tool bar and the menu commands under Letters and Mailing on the Tools menu are greyed out, therefore rendering MailMerge unusable. I will just have to come up with an alternate plan to accomplish what the has been required. In any event, thank you very much for you time. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I suspect that forms protection and mail merge are incompatible. The merge fields would have to be in unprotected areas of the document, and the only way to have (isolate) unprotected areas is with form fields; I don't believe you can put merge fields in form fields. I could be entirely wrong, however; I haven't tried this. Have you? -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... Sorry if I was to vague. I would like to create a Mail Merge document and then Protect it as Form (Tools|Protect Document|Form) so no one can change the text. They could then run a merge to populate the Merge fields with data from an Excel file, filtering for just the records required (using Office 2002) from Mail Merge Recipients. The text would always be identical (can not be edited), only the Merged data would vary. The questions is: Can I do this with a Word Mail Merge into a protected document? Thank you for you time. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I've never tried to do this, and I'm having a hard time envisioning exactly what you are trying to accomplish. My gut feeling is that it would not be possible, but can you provide a better description of where the merge fields would be placed? -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... Is there a way to do a mail merge into a document that has been protected as a form. Google has been of little help. My inclination is that it can not be done, but I am an amateur compared to you. Hal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you create the form as a template and instruct users to install it in the folder assigned to user templates or workgroup templates *and* if they have "Trust all installed templates and add-ins" checked on the Trusted Sources tab of Tools | Macro | Security, there will be no dialog. -- 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. "Hal" wrote in message ... I created an MS Word Form (template) that contains 3 checkboxes and 1 textbox. I coded the checkboxes so that when one is checked, the other two are unchecked. I am trying to emulate what grouped radio buttons do, where you can only click one at a time. When I execute the document, I get the dialog box that askes me if I want to enable/disable macros. I don't want that to pop up when users execute the document. Is there a way to stop that from happening without asking the users to change the security setting in MS Word, or is there another way of handling what I'm trying to accomplish? Thank you |
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