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problem w/2007 Content Controls and 2003 Legacy Form Field
Im working on a form that includes both Word 2007 Content Controls as well
as legacy form fields from Word 2003. The form path is: filling out several content control fields, then the legacy checkbox fields, then more content control fields. Problem: after filling out the legacy checkbox fields, cannot add text to the content control fields that follow. Do you have any advice on fixing this problem? |
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problem w/2007 Content Controls and 2003 Legacy Form Field
silverwoman35 wrote:
I'm working on a form that includes both Word 2007 Content Controls as well as legacy form fields from Word 2003. The form path is: filling out several content control fields, then the legacy checkbox fields, then more content control fields. Problem: after filling out the legacy checkbox fields, cannot add text to the content control fields that follow. Do you have any advice on fixing this problem? Replace the legacy check boxes with content controls, and remove the forms protection. Greg Maxey has an add-in at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Custom_CC_Checkboxes.htm just for that purpose. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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problem w/2007 Content Controls and 2003 Legacy Form Field
When complete, this form needs to be a template. Will the advice you offer
still work if document protection is turned off? "Jay Freedman" wrote: silverwoman35 wrote: I'm working on a form that includes both Word 2007 Content Controls as well as legacy form fields from Word 2003. The form path is: filling out several content control fields, then the legacy checkbox fields, then more content control fields. Problem: after filling out the legacy checkbox fields, cannot add text to the content control fields that follow. Do you have any advice on fixing this problem? Replace the legacy check boxes with content controls, and remove the forms protection. Greg Maxey has an add-in at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Custom_CC_Checkboxes.htm just for that purpose. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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problem w/2007 Content Controls and 2003 Legacy Form Field
It will work *only* if the forms protection is turned off. Content controls
don't really like forms protection, which is why you were having a problem in the first place. To protect the parts of the document that should not be edited by users, after creating all the content controls you need, select the whole document (Ctrl+A) and click the Group button on the Developer tab. Now only the content controls will be editable. silverwoman35 wrote: When complete, this form needs to be a template. Will the advice you offer still work if document protection is turned off? "Jay Freedman" wrote: silverwoman35 wrote: I'm working on a form that includes both Word 2007 Content Controls as well as legacy form fields from Word 2003. The form path is: filling out several content control fields, then the legacy checkbox fields, then more content control fields. Problem: after filling out the legacy checkbox fields, cannot add text to the content control fields that follow. Do you have any advice on fixing this problem? Replace the legacy check boxes with content controls, and remove the forms protection. Greg Maxey has an add-in at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Custom_CC_Checkboxes.htm just for that purpose. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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problem w/2007 Content Controls and 2003 Legacy Form Field
Jay, thanks for your advice.
Btw, have just learned that after filling out the legacy checkbox field, text can be entered in a content control field by doubleclicking. So, this is a simpler fix to my problem. "Jay Freedman" wrote: It will work *only* if the forms protection is turned off. Content controls don't really like forms protection, which is why you were having a problem in the first place. To protect the parts of the document that should not be edited by users, after creating all the content controls you need, select the whole document (Ctrl+A) and click the Group button on the Developer tab. Now only the content controls will be editable. silverwoman35 wrote: When complete, this form needs to be a template. Will the advice you offer still work if document protection is turned off? "Jay Freedman" wrote: silverwoman35 wrote: I'm working on a form that includes both Word 2007 Content Controls as well as legacy form fields from Word 2003. The form path is: filling out several content control fields, then the legacy checkbox fields, then more content control fields. Problem: after filling out the legacy checkbox fields, cannot add text to the content control fields that follow. Do you have any advice on fixing this problem? Replace the legacy check boxes with content controls, and remove the forms protection. Greg Maxey has an add-in at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Custom_CC_Checkboxes.htm just for that purpose. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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