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Drop downs in form not working
The fact that both WinWord and MacWord are involved might be crucial here...
However, as a starting point, which kind of fields are you using? Legacy form fields? Content controls? ActiveX controls? Or a combination? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Cubicle" wrote in message ... I have created a form as a template and I can access the resulting document created from the template just fine. However when I send the document to a client, she cannot get the drop down fields to work. I sent a copy to myself and tested it on another computer and it worked fine. The form was created in Word 2007 on a PC and she has Office for Mac. Any ideas? -- Cubicle |
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It is a combination of 2007 drop down menus, rich text areas and legacy check boxes.
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Presumably the "2007 drop down menus" and "rich text areas" are content
controls. The "legacy check boxes" are check box form fields. Whenever legacy form fields are used, the document must be protected for forms. This would prevent the use of the content controls. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Cubicle" wrote in message ... It is a combination of 2007 drop down menus, rich text areas and legacy check boxes. 'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote: ;492774']The fact that both WinWord and MacWord are involved might be crucial here... However, as a starting point, which kind of fields are you using? Legacy form fields? Content controls? ActiveX controls? Or a combination? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Cubicle" wrote in message ...- I have created a form as a template and I can access the resulting document created from the template just fine. However when I send the document to a client, she cannot get the drop down fields to work. I sent a copy to myself and tested it on another computer and it worked fine. The form was created in Word 2007 on a PC and she has Office for Mac. Any ideas? -- Cubicle - -- Cubicle |
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Drop downs in form not working
Unfortunately, Word 2007 doesn't have check box content controls (an
omission that the Word team heard loud and clear and rectified in Word 2010). You can use MacroButton check boxes (see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_p...document.html), but those require a template (for AutoText) and enabling macros, so they aren't really practical in most cases. In this case, a better option is probably to go with legacy form fields entirely. There's nothing comparable to a Rich Text content control, and you do have to protect the document for forms, but at least it will work. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Cubicle" wrote in message ... The document is protected and enabled for filling out forms. So is there a way to get rid of the legacy check boxes and still have an area that allows for multiple selections? For example a (check all that apply) area. Suzanne S. Barnhill;492776 Wrote: Presumably the "2007 drop down menus" and "rich text areas" are content controls. The "legacy check boxes" are check box form fields. Whenever legacy form fields are used, the document must be protected for forms. This would prevent the use of the content controls. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Cubicle" wrote in message ...- It is a combination of 2007 drop down menus, rich text areas and legacy check boxes. 'Stefan Blom[_3_ Wrote:- ;492774']The fact that both WinWord and MacWord are involved might be crucial here... However, as a starting point, which kind of fields are you using? Legacy form fields? Content controls? ActiveX controls? Or a combination? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Cubicle" wrote in message ...- I have created a form as a template and I can access the resulting document created from the template just fine. However when I send the document to a client, she cannot get the drop down fields to work. I sent a copy to myself and tested it on another computer and it worked fine. The form was created in Word 2007 on a PC and she has Office for Mac. Any ideas? -- Cubicle -- -- Cubicle - -- Cubicle |
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Drop downs in form not working
Note that the recent versions of Greg Maxey's add-in does *not* make use
of AutoText, as explained in the (updated) article. Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-07-10 01:36, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unfortunately, Word 2007 doesn't have check box content controls (an omission that the Word team heard loud and clear and rectified in Word 2010). You can use MacroButton check boxes (see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_p...document.html), but those require a template (for AutoText) and enabling macros, so they aren't really practical in most cases. In this case, a better option is probably to go with legacy form fields entirely. There's nothing comparable to a Rich Text content control, and you do have to protect the document for forms, but at least it will work. |
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Drop downs in form not working
Ah, okay, thanks. I haven't looked at it in some time.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... Note that the recent versions of Greg Maxey's add-in does *not* make use of AutoText, as explained in the (updated) article. Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP On 2012-07-10 01:36, Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Unfortunately, Word 2007 doesn't have check box content controls (an omission that the Word team heard loud and clear and rectified in Word 2010). You can use MacroButton check boxes (see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_p...document.html), but those require a template (for AutoText) and enabling macros, so they aren't really practical in most cases. In this case, a better option is probably to go with legacy form fields entirely. There's nothing comparable to a Rich Text content control, and you do have to protect the document for forms, but at least it will work. |
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