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Field only displays {FORMTEXT}
I have created a form within a Word Template. This form works great on 98%
of our employees PCs; however, on the other 2% it displays the template as it should but the fields are all displayed as gray boxes with {FORMTEXT} and will not accept any input. On the same PC you can login as a different user and the form works as it was designed to. I suspect the problem to be in the options; however I can not find the answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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You need to toggle fields (Alt+F9), but you can't do this while you're in a
protected form. You have to close the form, toggle fields, then reopen the form. -- 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. "Glenn - Onslow County" Glenn - Onslow wrote in message ... I have created a form within a Word Template. This form works great on 98% of our employees PCs; however, on the other 2% it displays the template as it should but the fields are all displayed as gray boxes with {FORMTEXT} and will not accept any input. On the same PC you can login as a different user and the form works as it was designed to. I suspect the problem to be in the options; however I can not find the answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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That's the action that the Alt+F9 shortcut does. But if the document is
protected, the Field Codes checkbox is grayed in the Options dialog, so you can't do it that way either. You must be in an unprotected document first. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Carol wrote: Have the users click on Tools and Options and deselect field codes. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You need to toggle fields (Alt+F9), but you can't do this while you're in a protected form. You have to close the form, toggle fields, then reopen the form. -- 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. "Glenn - Onslow County" Glenn - Onslow wrote in message ... I have created a form within a Word Template. This form works great on 98% of our employees PCs; however, on the other 2% it displays the template as it should but the fields are all displayed as gray boxes with {FORMTEXT} and will not accept any input. On the same PC you can login as a different user and the form works as it was designed to. I suspect the problem to be in the options; however I can not find the answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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