Hi Dan,

Which version?
One possibility that works in older versions is a protected form. I guess
that is what you have seen.
You insert some text form fields, and then protect the document (or the
section) for forms.
For some tutorials, see Charles Kenyon's list:
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms
There's lots of stuff you can do with forms, such as restricting or
validating input, setting the tab order, ...

In 2003, you can (multiple) select the areas that can be edited, using the
Ctrl key.
Then you can protect the rest against editing changes from the "Protect
Document" task pane.
That's simpler, but not so powerful.

Regards,
Klaus


"Dan" wrote:
I want to create a word document where i want only certain areas to be
allowed to edit. Like a form where i would have a line that said Name and
then next to it will be a gray highlighted area that the user can write in
and not be able to change anything else. How do i do this? I seen this in
some other word docs but cant figure out how they do it.

tia