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locking and unlocking a form
I have several forms that I created in Word 2003. I now have 2007. I have
several fields in these forms that in 2003 I would lock and then just tab around the form filling in the variable information. I cannot figure out how to do this in 2007. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. |
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Alexandra wrote:
I have several forms that I created in Word 2003. I now have 2007. I have several fields in these forms that in 2003 I would lock and then just tab around the form filling in the variable information. I cannot figure out how to do this in 2007. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing to display the task pane. Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button. In the dialog box that pops up, you can leave the password boxes blank and click OK. For a slightly less cumbersome alternative, right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category to All Commands. Locate the Protect Document command -- the first of the three, which has no icon on the right and which has the tooltip "Protect Document (ProtectOrUnprotectDocument)" -- and add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. Unfortunately it has no icon of its own, so it gets the anonymous green circle. For my favorite solution, add this macro to Normal.dotm (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed): Sub FormProtectDocument() With ActiveDocument If .ProtectionType = wdNoProtection Then .Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields Else .Unprotect End If End With End Sub Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar for this macro. The button will behave the same as the lock icon on the Forms toolbar of previous versions. As a bonus, the Customize dialog will let you choose an icon for this button (only buttons for macros enable the Modify button there), and you can choose the lock icon. -- 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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I followed Jay's steps to "Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing
in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button." However, the "start enforcing protection" is greyed out and won't let me re-protect the form. How would I fix this? Anyone have any ideas? -- Thanks, Beth "Jay Freedman" wrote: Alexandra wrote: I have several forms that I created in Word 2003. I now have 2007. I have several fields in these forms that in 2003 I would lock and then just tab around the form filling in the variable information. I cannot figure out how to do this in 2007. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing to display the task pane. Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button. In the dialog box that pops up, you can leave the password boxes blank and click OK. For a slightly less cumbersome alternative, right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category to All Commands. Locate the Protect Document command -- the first of the three, which has no icon on the right and which has the tooltip "Protect Document (ProtectOrUnprotectDocument)" -- and add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. Unfortunately it has no icon of its own, so it gets the anonymous green circle. For my favorite solution, add this macro to Normal.dotm (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed): Sub FormProtectDocument() With ActiveDocument If .ProtectionType = wdNoProtection Then .Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields Else .Unprotect End If End With End Sub Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar for this macro. The button will behave the same as the lock icon on the Forms toolbar of previous versions. As a bonus, the Customize dialog will let you choose an icon for this button (only buttons for macros enable the Modify button there), and you can choose the lock icon. -- 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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I followed Jay's steps to "Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing
in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button." However, the "start enforcing protection" is greyed out and won't let me re-protect the form. How would I fix this? Anyone have any ideas? -- Thanks, Beth "Jay Freedman" wrote: Alexandra wrote: I have several forms that I created in Word 2003. I now have 2007. I have several fields in these forms that in 2003 I would lock and then just tab around the form filling in the variable information. I cannot figure out how to do this in 2007. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing to display the task pane. Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button. In the dialog box that pops up, you can leave the password boxes blank and click OK. For a slightly less cumbersome alternative, right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category to All Commands. Locate the Protect Document command -- the first of the three, which has no icon on the right and which has the tooltip "Protect Document (ProtectOrUnprotectDocument)" -- and add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. Unfortunately it has no icon of its own, so it gets the anonymous green circle. For my favorite solution, add this macro to Normal.dotm (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed): Sub FormProtectDocument() With ActiveDocument If .ProtectionType = wdNoProtection Then .Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields Else .Unprotect End If End With End Sub Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar for this macro. The button will behave the same as the lock icon on the Forms toolbar of previous versions. As a bonus, the Customize dialog will let you choose an icon for this button (only buttons for macros enable the Modify button there), and you can choose the lock icon. -- 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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Does your form contain ActiveX controls as well as form fields?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Beth Mc" .(donotspam) wrote in message ... I followed Jay's steps to "Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button." However, the "start enforcing protection" is greyed out and won't let me re-protect the form. How would I fix this? Anyone have any ideas? -- Thanks, Beth "Jay Freedman" wrote: Alexandra wrote: I have several forms that I created in Word 2003. I now have 2007. I have several fields in these forms that in 2003 I would lock and then just tab around the form filling in the variable information. I cannot figure out how to do this in 2007. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. On the Review tab of the ribbon, click the Protect Document button and choose Restrict Formatting and Editing to display the task pane. Check the box for "Allow only this type of editing in the document" and set the dropdown below that to "Filling in forms". Then click the "Yes, start enforcing protection" button. In the dialog box that pops up, you can leave the password boxes blank and click OK. For a slightly less cumbersome alternative, right-click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize. Set the category to All Commands. Locate the Protect Document command -- the first of the three, which has no icon on the right and which has the tooltip "Protect Document (ProtectOrUnprotectDocument)" -- and add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. Unfortunately it has no icon of its own, so it gets the anonymous green circle. For my favorite solution, add this macro to Normal.dotm (see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm if needed): Sub FormProtectDocument() With ActiveDocument If .ProtectionType = wdNoProtection Then .Protect Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields Else .Unprotect End If End With End Sub Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar for this macro. The button will behave the same as the lock icon on the Forms toolbar of previous versions. As a bonus, the Customize dialog will let you choose an icon for this button (only buttons for macros enable the Modify button there), and you can choose the lock icon. -- 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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