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Getting find/replace and hyperlinks to work in a locked form?
I have created a Word document and turned it into a locked form. However,
when the form is locked, the find/replace and hyperlink functions are disabled. Is there any way of enabling these in a locked form? |
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Getting find/replace and hyperlinks to work in a locked form?
I am not sure why you would need find and replace in a protected form.
Protected forms are intended for data gathering, not for documents that require free editing. If you want free editing, then you should consider other methods of gathering the user information such as userforms. For the basics, see Word MVP FAQ - Userforms http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm for a more in depth explanation, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and...a_UserForm.htm Nevertheless it could be possible to implement find and replace using a macro to unlock the form, perform the replacement then relock the form eg Sub ReplaceInForm() If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType wdNoProtection Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="" End If On Error Resume Next Dialogs(wdDialogEditReplace).Show ActiveDocument.Protect _ Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, _ NoReset:=True, _ Password:="" End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm and for Hyperlinks, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/HLinksInForms.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Throuble" wrote in message ... I have created a Word document and turned it into a locked form. However, when the form is locked, the find/replace and hyperlink functions are disabled. Is there any way of enabling these in a locked form? |
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Getting find/replace and hyperlinks to work in a locked form?
I am not sure why you would need find and replace in a protected form. Protected forms are intended for data gathering, not for documents that require free editing. If you want free editing, then you should consider other methods of gathering the user information such as userforms. For the basics, see Word MVP FAQ - Userforms http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm for a more in depth explanation, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and...a_UserForm.htm Nevertheless it could be possible to implement find and replace using a macro to unlock the form, perform the replacement then relock the form eg Sub ReplaceInForm() If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType wdNoProtection Then ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:="" End If On Error Resume Next Dialogs(wdDialogEditReplace).Show ActiveDocument.Protect _ Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, _ NoReset:=True, _ Password:="" End Sub http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm and for Hyperlinks, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/HLinksInForms.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Throuble" wrote in message ... I have created a Word document and turned it into a locked form. However, when the form is locked, the find/replace and hyperlink functions are disabled. Is there any way of enabling these in a locked form? |
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