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no longer tabbing between grey fields.... HELP I am gonna get fire
customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The
form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other
NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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I made a copy and tried that and all my grey fields went blank. I had
taken the customers (1) original form and made a copy for each of our many products. (so that the guys wouldn;t have to type in the product name or dimensions each time, but now when all the typing I had done in the grey field goes blank when I go and protect form. I think you are getting me on the right road! THANKS, Laura (from Birmingham) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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I made a copy and protected the form, but now my the data I had entered in my
grey fields disapeared. Our customer sent us 1 form called QBS, I copied the form and made a QBS for each of our products so that our guys don' t have to enter the product name or dimension. All they have to do is enter the dates, etc. But after protecting the form the data that I had entered (like our name, product name and dimensions disappears) thanks for getting me this far. Laura (from Birmingham) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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Laura: You need a macro to reprotect each of those documents without losing
the data. Try this: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;191028 ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... I made a copy and tried that and all my grey fields went blank. I had taken the customers (1) original form and made a copy for each of our many products. (so that the guys wouldn;t have to type in the product name or dimensions each time, but now when all the typing I had done in the grey field goes blank when I go and protect form. I think you are getting me on the right road! THANKS, Laura (from Birmingham) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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Man, that looks complicated, but I will try to dive into it.
Laura "Anne Troy" wrote: Laura: You need a macro to reprotect each of those documents without losing the data. Try this: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;191028 ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... I made a copy and tried that and all my grey fields went blank. I had taken the customers (1) original form and made a copy for each of our many products. (so that the guys wouldn;t have to type in the product name or dimensions each time, but now when all the typing I had done in the grey field goes blank when I go and protect form. I think you are getting me on the right road! THANKS, Laura (from Birmingham) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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A form should always be saved as a template. If you want some information
provided in the form to begin with, it should not be in form fields; it should be static text (that is, you should replace the form field with plain text). Users create a new document based on the form template and fill in the variable fields. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... I made a copy and protected the form, but now my the data I had entered in my grey fields disapeared. Our customer sent us 1 form called QBS, I copied the form and made a QBS for each of our products so that our guys don' t have to enter the product name or dimension. All they have to do is enter the dates, etc. But after protecting the form the data that I had entered (like our name, product name and dimensions disappears) thanks for getting me this far. Laura (from Birmingham) "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer here is the same as to the duplicate question you posted in other NGs: form fields don't work until the document is protected for forms. -- 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. "L. Oliver" wrote in message ... customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long and we only needed the first 3 pages. For months I thought the document was password protected. But later I found that while protected, there was no password, so I unprotected it and took the last 2 pages off. Before I could tab between the predefined grey fields, but now when I push tab, instead of going to the next field, the cursor bounces somewhere else. I am hopping it is as simple as setting a defualt somewhere. Any and all help appreciate. WORD 97 -- L. Oliver |
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